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Does God Actually Eat?- Significance Of Prasad
An intriguing question to ponder on- does God actually eat the food offered during worship as naivedya or prasadam? It is a common practice among Hindus to offer food to the deities while worshipping them. It is believed that the deities partake the food offered while worshipping and the leftovers is distributed among the devotees as 'prasad'.
But if we analyse it logically, the idols cannot move or eat whatever is offered in front of them. Then how does God eat? This question has been asked since time immemorial and there have been many instances where the devotees have claimed to see God eating by assuming a physical form. For example, the great saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to feed Goddess Kali with His own hands. He claimed to have seen the Goddess appear in front of Him in the form of a little girl and eat the offerings He made in front of Her.
But this is only a vague and far fetched explanation to the question. Let us find out whether God actually eats and what is the significance of prasad?
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Views
Of
Various
Scholars
According
to
Swami
Sivananda,
the
founder
of
Divine
Life
Society,
"if
food
is
offered
with
a
yearning
heart,
then
sometimes
God
does
eat
it
assuming
a
physical
form.
In
other
cases,
God
enjoys
the
subtle
essence
of
the
food
offered
and
the
food
remains
as
it
is
in
the
shape
of
prasad."
According to Swami Vivekananda, God will actually partake the food in physical form if only the food is offered with a true heart and unfaltering devotion.
There have been many incidents in which people have actually seen God materialise and partake the food.
Who
Actually
Eats
The
Food?
To
understand
this,
we
first
need
to
understand
the
concept
of
God.
God
is
the
Infinite
ocean
of
Divine
Consciousness
which
resides
within
and
outside
the
human
being.
So,
it
is
not
the
idol
which
eats
the
food
offered,
The
food
is
blessed
and
eaten
by
the
Divine
consciousness
which
is
present
not
only
in
the
idol
but
everywhere,
even
within
the
human
beings.
So,
the
food
or
naivedyam
is
offered
to
the
Divine
Consciousness
and
is
eventually
consumed
by
the
same
Consciousness
residing
within
us
in
the
form
of
'prasad'.
Significance
Of
Prasad
The
food
which
is
offered
to
the
God
symbolically
stands
for
our
ignorant
consciousness
which
we
place
before
the
deity
or
the
Divine
for
spiritual
enlightenment.
After
the
offering
is
infused
with
the
light
and
knowledge
of
the
Divine
Consciousness,
it
is
consumed
by
the
human
beings
who
are
the
physical
form
of
the
Divine
Consciousness.
Thus, God does eat the offerings made to Him in some or the other form. It is only the devotion, faith, sincerity and humility of the devotee which matters.
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