“Regarding your question about offering Prasadam, whatever is
offered to the Deity actually it goes through the Spiritual Master.”
THE PROPER PROCESS OF OFFERING FOOD TO KRSNA
By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada explains the proper process of offering food to God-Krsna First to our guru then to his guru all the way up to Krsna-any other way, “we have no right”. So because of this demoniac tendency to change it means these people are not actually disciples of Prabhupada, but kali chelas-servants of kali yuga.
One can understand why they want to change the books, letters conversations etc – they want us to believe what they are saying is correct and not Srila Prabhupada. So the best way to hide their nefarious activities is to change the books. So how are these people in any way–disciples of Srila Prabhupada?
Letter: Jayapataka, July 11, 1969
“Out of the ten kinds of offenses, the number one offense is to disobey the orders of the Spiritual Master. The instructions given to the disciple by the Spiritual Master at the time of initiation should be strictly followed. That will make one advance to the spiritual path. But if one deliberately defies such instructions, then his advancement is hampered from the very beginning. This defying means to disconnect the relationship with the Spiritual Master. And anyone who defies and therefore disconnects the relationship with the Spiritual Master can hardly expect the assistance of the Spiritual Master life after life. I hope this will clear up this question sufficiently for you.”
They have disconnected themselves from the bona fide param para
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A task which those who follow Him have continued to carry out down to the present day. The elaboration and exposition on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are in fact the most voluminous, exacting, and consistent, due to the unbreakable system of disciplic succession of any religious culture in the world. (Dec 28 1969 LA)
So if you break it, like they do continually then you are outside– looking in and not allowed into the bona fide guru param para. And therefore nothing but concoctions issue forth from their fertile imaginations.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And when shall it be served? After the ārati?
Prabhupāda: After ārati and little talk, that’s all.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Then we serve prasādam. And how many men would you say we should prepare for? One hundred?
Prabhupāda: That you make arrangement. You know how many people are coming. Why you are asking me?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So ordinary prasādam at noontime and feasting prasādam…
Prabhupāda: Feasting means puri and halavā and a vegetable and a chutney. That’s all. Four things. Make simple.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And Prabhupāda? Do you want us to offer feast to your Guru Mahārāja at noontime? A special plate of feast?
Prabhupāda: Not a special plate. The process is that whatever we offer to the Deity, that is offered to guru. And guru offers to his guru. In this way goes to Kṛṣṇa. We don’t directly offer Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. No. We have no right. Neither He accepts in that way. The pictures of the ācāryas, why there are? Actually, one has to offer the plate to his guru, and he’ll offer his guru, he offers his guru, his guru. In this way it will go to Kṛṣṇa. That is the process. You cannot directly approach Kṛṣṇa or other subordinates to Kṛṣṇa. That is not possible.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So may we offer you a special feasting?
Prabhupāda: As you do, that is all right. The process is this. Not you or you. That is the process. Then, all right. (end) (gorakhpur/february/15/1971)
Three. Three times. When you speak three times anything, it means I am giving stress, “You do this, you do this, you do this.” So it is like that,…” (SB class 9/27/76)
So despite Srila Prabhupada emphasizing three times, they dont do this at all anymore-all sahajiyas now. Srila Prabhupada noticed a definite trait among his American and European disciples-they always wanted to change everything-and this “disease” as he called it continues to this day
So the real purpose is… We are not talking of the sociology or politics. The example is given that we should not give freedom to the mind. That is the real purpose. If you give freedom to the mind, then mind will create so many ideas. I HAVE PRACTCALLY SEEN IN OUR SOCIETY. As soon as one is in charge, immediately he invents something new: “This should be broken, and this should be done.” Then another man comes. He breaks the same thing again. There are practical experience I have got. Unless there is control over the mind, it will dictate something new: “Do it like this.” (vrndavana/november/26/1976)
Letter: Dhruvananda, January 4, 1973
The greatest danger to our movement will come when we manufacture and create our own process for worshiping the deities. So don’t ask any more new questions, whatever is going on, follow it just to the exact standard as I have given you, that’s all.
OFFERING PRASADAM
Letter to Arundhati, 16 June, 1969, New Vrindavan
“Regarding your question about offering Prasadam, whatever is offered to the Deity actually it goes through the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual Master offers to Lord Chaitanya, and Lord Chaitanya offers it to Krishna. Then Radha Krishna eats, or Jagannatha eats, then Chaitanya Mahaprabhu eats, then the Spiritual Master eats, and it becomes Mahaprasadam. So when you offer something, you think like that and chant the Gayatri mantra, and then everything is complete. At last, ring the bell, take out the plate and wipe the place where the plate was kept.”
Lectures, December 23, 1970, Surat
Devotee (3): In regard to worshiping arca-vigraha form, you have explained that if one receives a mantra from a spiritual master who is not bona fide, that mantra has no effect. So I would like to ask if one is worshiping a Deity and his spiritual master is not bona fide, so that Deity cannot be considered the Supreme Lord?
Prabhupada: Well, first of all, thing is if the spiritual master is not bona fide, how his mantra can be bona fide? Your statement is contradictory. If you say the spiritual master is not bona fide, then how his mantra becomes bona fide? If he is bona fide, then his mantra is bona fide.
Devotee (3): Then why is he giving instruction to worship the Deity? If the spiritual master is not bona fide, then is the Deity also not bona fide?
Prabhupada: I do not follow. What does he say?
Tamala Krishna: His idea is that if one receives a mantra from a spiritual master, if the spiritual master is not bona fide…
Prabhupada: Then there is no question of mantra. There is no question of worshiping Deity. These are all bogus things. If you are not… Just like here is a young medical man. If he has not received instruction from a bona fide medical college, so what is the value of his medical, being… That is… What is called? What is the technical name?
Devotee (4): Quack.
Prabhupada: Quack! (laughter) (pronounces like “quark”)
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So do not think that “We have made such nice, sumptuous plate for Krsna. Krsna must eat.” No. There is no such thing, “must.” You cannot make Krsna must. That is not possible. So Krsna will see how much you have love for Him. Then He will accept. Otherwise He’ll reject. Therefore, it is forbidden, those who are nondevotee, those who are not initiated, those who are not chanting regularly, their offering to Krsna will not be accepted. We must be very careful. We must know our position, whether I am sincerely following the principles of devotional service. Then Krsna will accept. Yo me bhaktya prayacchati. The real thing is bhakti. So either you offer Krsna prayers or you offer foodstuff, everything must be along with bhakti, devotion, love. Then Krsna will accept.
Pamho agtacbsp, from more then 40 years they so called disciples of HDG ACBSP keep going through guru avajna,i mean a such waste of time by offering food to fake guru on the f-iskcon altars,waste energy,faith and purpose ,that means they respect bhoga as prasada from 40 years are still there to make spiritual advancement without knowing they can’t do that with fake gurus,this is the proof that is a world of cheating and cheaters where small donkey worship big donkey by sharing the same suffering by going to the hell,the food must be offered to SRILA PRABHUPADA on the altar with the right mantras not to false guru with wrong mantra ,anyway they will understand how useless is to be in the right path by supporting the guru hoax which are situated in the wrong track,therefore they lost all the power by disobeying the divine instruction of HDG ACBSP ki jay ys haribol
Yes! absolutely correct Prabhu, and regarding bogus mass “school lunch’ program such as the Mad Bandit’s Bangalore “Ultra Rice” distribution, which is GMO plastic rubbish (MADE WITH SHELLFISH INGREDIENTS!) how can this be accepted EVEN IF OFFERED TO SRILA PRABHUPADA!
How can this rubbish made with ‘shellfish’ ingredients be considered Prasadam? Why do they offend Srila Prabhupada, the entire disciplic succession and The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Himself by offering this GMO garbage made with ‘shellfish ingredients? This is not even rice but mashed up glug extruded through a machine in a factory in the USA, made by Karmi’s and distributed through PATH which is financed by the devious, corporate terrorist, and Big Pharma investor BILL GATES!
This nonsense has to be exposed for what it is!