--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" > <richardhughes103@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" > > > > <richardhughes103@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now you're sounding like Prabhupada of ISKCON. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's cool, I go to the Hare Krishna restaurant every > > time > > > > > > > > I'm in London. Excellent tucker, and they chant at the > > food > > > > > > > > when they're cooking it. You don't get service like > that > > at > > > > > > > > MacDonalds! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Berkely, California the ISKCON folks offer the food > for > > > free > > > > > as > > > > > > > part of their proselytizing efforts. The chant is a > vedic > > > > method > > > > > > to > > > > > > > turn the food into prasada, or as an offering to > Krishna. > > > > Thus, > > > > > > > eating this food becomes wholesome, or divine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I go to the local temple here on Sunday nights when they > have > > > > their > > > > > > feasts...and they're also free. > > > > > > > > > > > > At the risk of sounding like a mood-maker, I must say that > I > > > have > > > > > > consistent transcending experiences eating their food and, > > yes, > > > I > > > > > > attribute that to the chanting they do over the food they > > > > prepare, > > > > > > the offering of it to Krishna, and the fact that monks > > prepare > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > No mood-making there, I get this too. Not very time but enough > > > > > to make me wonder. Perhaps the music they play helps? I think > > > > > it's a clear sign they must have something profound to offer. > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree. > > > > > > > > They don't play music at the temple I frequent, at least not > > while > > > > the food is served and eaten. > > > > > > First time I had this kind of blissful trip at a Krishan place > > > it really felt like it started in my stomach like the sort of > > > thing MMY talked happening about when digestion is perfect. > > > Thing is I never go that when at a TM place and I stick to the > > > ayurvedic diet rather closely because it seems to do me a lot > > > of good in other ways. > > > > > > > > > > Another element: in addition to being vegetarian, there do not > > use > > > > garlic, onion, mushrooms, or eggs which I think applies to TMO > > > > kitchens these days too, no? > > > > > > That's exactly the stuff that you have to drop, whcih came as > > > a shock because it's all most veggies eat. But it's worth it > > > for how it makes you feel. Garlic and onions are very aggravating > > > if you can drop them for a while you might feel a lot more > > > settled inside, that's what I found anyway. > > > > > > > > > > But here's what I find interesting: this temple's kitchen > doesn't > > > buy > > > > organic. Nor do they consciously adhere to ayurvedic > principles > > (I > > > > asked). > > > > > > The one in London isn't organic either, I don't know if it's a > cost > > > issue but they're confident their system is good enough. Certainly > > > tasty enough, and all their profits go towards handing out food > > > to the homeless which is cool. > > > > > > I thought about joining them once because the food is good, is > > > that the right sort of reason to commit to a different religion > > > I wonder? > > > > Well, I never had the fantasy of joining them but I did have the > > fantasy of becoming filthy rich and being in the position of being > > able to hire those very same cooks to make my meals three times a > > day, seven days a week... > > > You think big, I like it. > > But if you did that you'd miss out on the rather good > foxy babe ratio they seem to have. But then they make > a virtue out of celibacy so it all works itself out. > > I make do with a copy of their cookbook, but it's not > the same if you're not a good chanter. >
Which one? I bought the large and expensive "Lord Krisna's Cuisine" and did not like it. This is perhaps unfair of me to say as I only tried one recipe -- the semolina halva, one of my favourite dishes -- and it did NOT turn out like the wonderful halva I get at the temple. As for the chanting, if you ask them, as I did, how to offer the food they make to Krishna, they'll tell you the procedure although I am sure it doesn't get the same effects as they, as celibates, get.
