Eat big, distribute bigAs well as gradually emptying the storage shed, Sydney's book distribution revolution yielded other positive changes -- specifically in the devotees daily diet. Since the temple income had been meagre, the devotees ate very austerely. Breakfast had consisted of boiled semolina porridge, flavoured with a little orange rind. Lunch was simple rice and vegetables.Buddhimanta changed all that. If devotees were going out and working hard all day, he reasoned, they needed more substantial prasadam. So for a start, his book distribution party, now regularly distributing with Buddhimanta downtown, would eat a big, hearty breakfast before "hitting the streets".Yasomatinandana: Buddhimanta's breakfasts were memorable. One of them was "pea cheese". He'd throw a kilo of cream cheese in a wok with one kilo of peas and half a kilo of butter, stir it in, add salt and pepper, and that was it -- "pea cheese".I also remember the ekadasi version, for the days we fasted from peas. Instead of peas, we'd add cauliflower. When the butter floated to the top, the cauliflower appeared to be swimming. So we called it "Cauliflower Backstroke!" This wasn't health food -- it was sankirtana food! Buddhimanta's philosophy was "eat big, distribute big".As the books went out, money came in. The temple could not only now regularly remit money to Srila Prabhupada's central book fund, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, but could also afford to pay for better standards of Deity worship.Gradually, the standards of the temple increased. The Deities were regularly offered more opulent meals, and in turn the devotees ate more healthy, substantial prasadam. The books were going out, preaching was going on, and the consciousness of the devotees automatically improved.- From "The Great Transcendental Adventure" by HG Kurma Prabhu
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