Why is it that (in the Hare Krishna movement) you do not eat onions and
garlic?
After all they are vegetables, are they not? One can understand the
prohibition against meat-eating. But what is wrong with eating garlic and
onions? Surely there's no more violence committed when we eat an onion than
when we eat a potato.
Answer:
In the Kurma Purana it is said: "One should avoid eggplant, plantain,
safflower, asmantaka, onion, garlic, sour cereal, and the sap of trees."
palandu lasunam sigrum alambum grjana
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How much nectar is there in the holy names of Krishna? Just imagine if you had an entire warehouse full of the most delicious relishable foods of many, many varieties from all over the world and were given full freedom to enjoy all of it. How much could you enjoy it? Not that much. But if you had millions of tongues and millions of stomachs, you could enjoy every single morsel of it. In this connection Srila Rupa Gosvami states, "I have only one tongue and two ears. What can I appreciate of chan
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uttarayam dhrtah puror
vamsah sadhv-abhimanyuna
sa vai drauny-astra-samplustah
punar bhagavata dhrtah
uttarayam -- unto Uttara; dhrtah -- conceived; puroh -- of Puru; vamsah -- descendant; sadhu-abhimanyuna -- by the hero Abhimanyu; sah -- he; vai -- certainly; drauni-astra -- by the weapon of Drauni, the son of Drona; samplustah -- being burnt; punah -- again, for the second time; bhagavata -- by the Personality of Godhead; dhrtah -- was protected.
Later, as Srila Prabhupada sat in his quarters, he overheard Upendra gossiping in the adjoining room. Prabhupada called for Upendra, who entered, shamefaced.
"You were laughing?"
"Yes."
"Gossiping?"
Upendra responded coyly, "Is talking about other devotees gossiping, Srila Prabhupada?"
"Yes."
"Yes, I was gossiping."
Prabhupada
evam sancintya bhagavan
sva-rajye sthapya dharmajam
nandayam asa suhrdah
sadhunam vartma darsayan
evam -- thus; sancintya -- thinking within Himself; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; sva-rajye -- in his own kingdom; sthapya -- installing; dharmajam -- Maharaja Yudhisthira; nandayam asa -- gladdened; suhrdah -- the friends; sadhunam -- of the saints; vartma -- the path; darsayan -- by indicating.
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