Friday, February 19, 2010

Food distribution pleases Krishna!

Verse 1.14.43 ( Prji):

* Maharaj Yudhistira was very much afraid of the departure of Lord Krishna.
* Arjuna returned after 7 months from Dvaraka, and appeared very low and dejected.
* Maharaj Yudhistira, was therefore quereing Arjuna as to why he appeared so lack lustre. In this verse, he was checking if he did not take care of children or older people.
* We must respect the elders in all possible ways and must take care of them.
* On the flip side, in Kaliyuga, there are some old people who might be too conditioned or not believe in KC in any way. So we need to be careful in such cases.

* Children, old members, the invalids and brahmanas must be taken care of by householders.
* In olden days, at least they feed one person who is hungry and then dine after that. Through this, happiness automatically comes.
* Basically, grhastha means charity. The best charity is Krishna Consciousness. One means is prasadam distribution.
* Srila Prabhupada, once saw some children fighting with dogs for food, so he ordered that within 10 kms radius of the temple, no one should go hungry. That's how Food for life program came through.
* And it is so famous all over the world now. So many temples have started this and giving food to so many people.
* We should also develop a desire to start a temple and feed many people. Krishna will provide for everything and we will of course be making Krishna very very happy.
* We should pray for everybody: sarvejana sukino bavante!

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