🔸NAIVEDYAM: WILL #GOD EAT OUR OFFERINGS?🔸 Here is a very good explanation about Naivedyam to God. Will God come and eat our offerings?Many of us could not get proper explanation from our elders. An attempt is made here. A Guru-śișya conversation: The śișya who doesn't believe in God, asked his Guru thus: "Does God accept our 'naivedhyam'(offerings)? If God eats away the 'prasādam' then from where can we distribute it to others? Does God really consume the 'prasādam', Guruji?" The Guru did not say anything. Instead, asked the student to prepare for classes. That day, the Guru was teaching his class about the 'Upanishads'. He taught them the 'mantra': "pūrnamadham,..poornasya pūrnādāya...." and explained that: 'everything came out from "Pūrna or Totality." (#Īshavasya #Upanishad). Later, everyone was instructed to practice the mantra by-heart. So all the boys started practicing. After a while, the Guru came back and asked that very student who had raised his doubt about Naivedyam to recite the mantra without seeing the book, which he did. Now the Guru gave a smile and asked this particular śișya who didn't believe in God: 'Did you really memorize everything as it is in the book? The śișya said: "yes Guruji, I've recited whatever is written as in the book." The Guru asked: "If you have taken every word into your mind then how come the words are still there in the book?" "The words in your mind are in the SŪKSHMA STHITI (unseen form). The words in the book are there in the STŪLA STHITI (seen form). God too is in the 'sūkșma sthiti'.The offering made to Him is done in 'stūla sthiti'. Thus, God takes the food in 'sūkșmam', in sūkșma stithi. Hence the food doesn't become any less in quantity. While GOD takes it in the "sūkshma sthiti", we take it as 'prasādam' in 'sthūla sthiti'. Hearing this the śișya felt guilty for his disbelief in God and surrendered himself to his GURU. 🙏🙏🙏 #sanatadharma #bhakti #Gurusteachings #Guru #disciple # Prasadam #naivedyam #offering (at Amritapuri)
