And it is His order. By doing His order we won't get any bad reaction as like a soldier kills enemies in the battle but he won't be put into jail because it is the order from the Government.

Your servant,

Alka > Mohini Madhavi January 23, 2012 at 11:16am

Hare krishna mataji

What about the ready made stuff we buy from outside. Can we give that as serving to Lord Shri Krishna as long as it doesn't contain egg/garlic/onion.
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  Sudheendra S > Alka January 23, 2012 at 3:39pm
  
  Matahji we just do not know how it was prepared. As far as I know we do not offer or eat the outside food unless we are for sure to know that it is prepared in such a way that can be offered to Lord. Like, in Govardhan there is a sweet stall from where all the devotees get the sweets and offer it to Giriraj and bring back the prasadam. But not all sweet stalls are authorized.
  
  Some time we may bring the mix spices like sambar power or garam masala, etc... please be careful when ur buying such things. Many products add dry onion/garlic power in them.

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Mohini Madhavi January 21, 2012 at 3:57pm

onion and garlic is created from the blood of Hiranyaksha when Lord Varaha Dev killed him.

they create big attachment to our material body because of that we do not eat them.

red chillis are also in the mode of ignorance and passion. if one eats too much it creates unneeded sexual desires.

Your servant,

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Sudheendra S > Mohini Madhavi January 21, 2012 at 6:53pm

When we went to Mayapur gurukul, we were told that the devotees in gurukul do not use any chilly at all in their prasadam. They use fresh green pepper some times but no chilly. Many senior brahamacharies do not eat chilly. I was cooking for one of my very senior god brother and I was instructed that I put a small green chilly with a small slit in it for 5-10 min and then take it out.

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Sudheendra S January 19, 2012 at 8:09pm

Hare Krishna Gaurav Pr

PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.

Please read my blog based on a email I received some time back here http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/profiles/blogs/why-onion-and-garlic-is

If you have any questions after reading this, you can come back and ask here. Its a very long article describing about why onion and garlic is prohibited from different aspects.

hari bol!!!

Alka > Sudheendra S January 20, 2012 at 12:25pm

hare krsna sudheendra prabhuji

There was definitely enough information regarding why no onions and garlic.

Also it seems there are many more things that we should avoid eating as per this article.

Anyways I feel in this modern world where foods come with all kind of preservatives/additives/colors it is really difficult to avoid all kind of passive foods. The medicines are in hyper passive mode but still we have to take it if we are sick. when I take medicine for hyper acidity I see all kinds of wired dreams/hallucinations ,imagine how strong these things(medicines,preservatives etc) are compared to onion and garlic.
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  Sudheendra S > Alka January 20, 2012 at 1:16pm
  
  Hare Krishna mataji,
  
  Good point. What we have to see here is how often do u take medicine? We will not eat medicine as our meals right??? There are alternatives available for all sorts of medicine in auverveda. For instance, My mom is not a devotee. But she is allergic to english medicine. So, for all the problems, she has her own home made remedies. Like for acidity, we have a glass of cold thin buttermilk.
  
  So, the point I wanted to make is that there are alternatives for everything available only if we want to it. Coming back to food, if we want to make progress in our spiritual life and please Guru and Krishna, then we will try to avoid what is not offer able to Krishna and eat only Krishna prasadam. If we want to gratify our senses, then we will try to eat all prohibited things...
  
  Forgive me if offended. Hare Krishna...

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