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CHOCOLATE.... INTOXICATION OR NOT?

Posted by dhameshvari devi dasi on October 25, 2013 at 5:36am in Krishna

Hare krishna....Pranam....I would like to know the answer because it has quite become a common sight nowadays that devotees, even initiated devotee,s consume chocolate....Chocolate is intoxicating as it is made of cocoa which contains caffeine like tea or coffee....But nowadays it is quite common to see devotees taking choco drinks, chocolate flavoured cakes and biscuits..Kindly share any links or quotations regarding this....

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  • asur vasudev March 23, 2014 at 4:21am
    Good point prabhuji. Chocolate is intoxicating indeed, give it to children and watch them become little demons. Hahaha. Now on a serious side, it is useless to eat kosher or veg and treat each other like crap. What do you think is more worrisome spiritually? Eating meat or condemning humans in ones heart?
  • yashomati March 17, 2014 at 3:08pm

    Hare Krishna,

    eating chocolate replaces Krishna according to this website; its quite surprising but factual.

    It has Phenylethylamine,Caffeine,lead, very high oxalate content, anandamide and a ton of sugar.

    http://www.relfe.com/2009/chocolate_facts_bad_for_your_health.html

    Hope this helped, 

     

     

     

     

      

       

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  • Citra Karuni Devi Dasi March 15, 2014 at 4:08am

    the answer is very simple: every cacao powder contains insect particles and rodent hair approved by FDA! simply make your search in internet. Write: cacao, powder, insect, particles,FDA and see the results by yourself.

    Can you offer insect particles to Krsna? No.

    Your aspiring servant,

    bhaktin inci

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    Mohini Madhavi October 25, 2013 at 11:34am

    http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/group/truth-about-kids/forum/topics... 

    Usually Devotees use carob which looks like cocoa. But i heard that both cocoa and carob are in the mode if ignorance.

    Your servant, 

    • dhameshvari devi dasi > Mohini Madhavi October 28, 2013 at 10:27am

      Hare Krishna...Pranam.So, i found this at dandavat.com:

      A Prabhupada Nectar Story

       One devotee had recently joined the temple in India. He recalls that he was addicted to eating chocolate, even though he knew that devotees did not take it. One day he had just bought a chocolate bar and was walking down a corridor in the temple with it in his hand. Suddenly, to his horror, he saw Srila Prabhupada coming down the corridor in the opposite direction. Looking around desperately for an escape he realized that there was nowhere to go. Thinking on his feet he quickly stuffed the chocolate bar into his bead bag. As Srila Prabhupada approached, the devotee offered his obeisances. Srila Prabhupada glanced benevolently at him. As the devotee rose he saw that Srila Prabhupada’s gaze did not rise: he continued to look at the floor. Looking down, the devotee was aghast to see that the chocolate bar had fallen from his bead bag as he had bowed down.Hmmm? What is this?” asked Srila Prabhupada, reaching down and picking up the chocolate bar. He examined it slowly, turning it to and fro. Finally he arched his eyebrows at the devotee: “Oh, we do not eat these things!” He put his hand on the devotee’s shoulder in a fatherly way and said, “We have so many nice sweets that we offer to Krishna. You do not know how to make them? Come with me.” Taking the devotee with him he went downstairs to the temple kitchen, where he proceeded to personally cook and instruct him how to make halava. When Srila Prabhupada had finished preparing it he offered it and personally gave it to the devotee to take.

      SO, CHOCOLATE IS INTOXICATING AND WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT!!!

      JAI JAGANNATH!

      • danagati das > dhameshvari devi dasi March 14, 2014 at 11:35pm

        Los Angeles
        14 June, 1972

        My dear Surasrestha,

        Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 25, 1972, and I have noted the contents. The article you have sent which was published in the newsletter there is very nice. The interviewer asked intelligent questions and you have given very nice answers also. It is apparent that you have understood our philosophy nicely so you continue to read our books regularly and preach vigorously, and help to distribute this great transcendental knowledge to all the distressed souls of this Kali yuga.

        In answer to your questions, the red incarnation who appeared in the Treta-yuga is Yajnapati. Lord Mohammed is accepted by us as Saktyavesa Avatar, but we do not recognize the Bahai faith. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appears once in the day of Brahma or whenever He is required to come. So far attending pujas at the houses of the Hindus there we can go and hold our kirtana but we should not take prasadam there. We can accept raw materials and take them to our temple but we should not accept any prasadam prepared by them. However, if they insist then we can take fruits and milk and offer them to Krishna. Cocoa and chocolate are not to be taken as they are intoxicants.

        I am leaving for London on July the 4th and am returning to New Vrndavana for Janmastami celebration and at that time we can make further plans on my coming to Trinadad. In the meantime, continue to distribute this great message of Krsna Consciousness to all the people there and work hard to make the whole country into devotees. Hoping this will meet you in good health.

        Your ever well wisher,
        A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

        Srimad Surasrestha das Brahmacary c/o ISKCON Trinadad

        Link to this page: http://prabhupadabooks.com/letters/los_angeles/june/14/1972/surasre...

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