Look at this orthodox Brahmin eating onions today

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Baba beat him, shouting foul abuses at him, but he was

overjoyed at having got Baba’s ‘uchchista’

as Prasad. Kushabhau had fasted on one Ekadashi day when Baba asked him what he had eaten. He

replied, “We eat nothing on Ekadashi except Kandmul (Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes and Tube

Vegetables).” Baba jokingly said, “You ate kaanda (onions)?” Phonetically

prolonging the ‘a’ sound to mean onions that orthodox Brahmins do

not even touch on Ekadashi, let alone eat.

Then Baba picked up some onions and forced him to eat them. Bhausaheb

would eat them if Baba also joined him in the repast. So,

both of them started eating onions. Just then, a group of devotees

arrived in the Dwarkamai. Turning to them, Baba said,

“Look at this orthodox

Brahmin eating onions today.” Kusha

Bhau said, “Baba asked me to, and so did

He.” At that time, Baba regurgitated and spat out something, and instead

of onions, sweet potatoes were found. Kusha Bhau, not losing a moment, fell upon it and ate it. It was

then that Baba beat him. Then Baba blessed him and said, “Henceforth,

you just think of Me and stretch your palms and it

will be full of warm udi from My dhuni.

This you should use to heal and cure diseases and benefit people.” And

so he did.

(REF: Devotees

experience, Page 206)

 

Kashinath Pant hailed from Mezagaon district, Ahmednagar. He

was a learned Brahmin who spent his life in doing various social service

activities like looking after the sick and helping the poor. He was also a

spiritual person. In 1872, a son was born to him whom

he named Krishna. Krishna,

like his father was a very spiritual child. Right from early childhood, he was

interested in listening to mythological stories, visiting all the temples of

his village, reading the Holy Scriptures and reciting various mantras. There

was a Maruti Mandir in the

village and Krishna went daily to that temple and did pooja there.

One day, upon going to the temple,

he saw a Sadhu seated there. The Sadhu

had a bright aura around him and was clothed in tiger-skin. After doing namaskar and pooja to Maruti, he also did namaskar to

the Sadhu. The Sadhu was Vakratunda Maharaj. He beckoned

to Krishna and asked him to sit beside

him. Krishna did so and the Sadhu

told him some religious stories. The Maharaj did not

eat anything but lived on milk alone. Everyday, he would give Krishna

money and ask him to fetch the milk. Krishna happily

obliged. One day, Krishna brought the milk but did not

return the change. The next day, Maharaj asked him

what he had done with the change. Pat came the reply, “I bought pedas with the money and ate them.”

Vakratunda Maharaj

smiled at him and said, “See that tree a short distance from you? Go

there, and you will find a stone, beneath which is a pot. Open it and

eat.”

Krishna did what he

was told, and indeed, there was a vessel full of pedas.

He ate to his heart’s content. Then he kept the vessel in its place and

covered it as before. That night, the Sadhu was

leaving Mezagaon, and Krishna

accompanied him. The Sadhu and Shishya

traveled far and wide and Vakratunda Maharaj bestowed all the siddhis

that he had on Krishna. But Krishna

wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to learn mantras that would create spells and

break spells, exorcising devils and invoking them. His Guru was very reluctant

to teach this to Krishna who persisted. He wore the iron

bangle and did the necessary rites and gained these negative siddhis too.

(to

be contd……)

(Source Sai Leela Magazine)

 

 

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SAI RAMs,

No clarification on my query has been received from any quarters. This could be due to one or more of the following reasons:-

1.None who has the answer to my query has read my posting.

2.Those who read my posting either do not know the answer or are not in the habit of providing clarifications even if they knew the answer.

3. There are no prohibitions from Shirdi Sai Baba or Sathya sai Baba on eating of Onion.

I do not know whether there are any more possible reasons. I would like to close further discussion on this topic. I was under the impression that members do not read my postings on spiritual topics only. I now find that even mundane queries from me are not evoking any responses/ clarifications.

 

G.Balasubramanian

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SAI RAM,

In the first place, I would like to point out that I had desired to know as to what Swamy and Shirdi Sai Baba have said about onion consumption by us. I am waiting for that clarification. I agree we do not tolerate pungent smell in breath either on account of garlic, alcohol or gum disease etc., but we can tolerate pleasant and agreeable odour or smell emanating from spices like Elaichi, Lavang, Dalchini etc. etc. in the same way we can not tolerate pungent smell of perspiration(sweat) emanating from some people whereas we can tolerate the odour of perfumes, scents, body talc etc. etc. used by others. Medical opnion on Onion, Garlic and Asafoetida seems to differ from the view of the common man which is based on foul breath odour. Rajasik and Tamasik food is to be avoided in terms of Lord Krishna`s advice in the Bhagawad Gita. But are Onion and Garlic the only items of food which are Rajasik and Tamsik in Nature. Spices like Red chillies and Black pepper etc. are also producive of Rajasik nature. They are being used in plenty in the South Indian Canteen at Puttaparthy. Personally speaking, I can not tolerate smell of Garlic. Less pungent odour emanating from ONION is not consumed during auspicious occasions like Ekadasi, Amavasya, Ram Navami, Janmashtami, Masa Sankramanam and other Punyakalams like lunar and solar eclipse etc. etc. We can live without consuming onion but it is not a taboo for some of us in our family circle. Coming back to the main Issue, let the knowledgeable people shed some light on Shirdi Sai Baba`s and Swamy`s views in this regard. In case they have prohibited consumption of onion and Garlic let the authorities at Puttaparthy take note and avoid using them in meals served within the Ashram. That is all my submission.

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[sBOI-post] Look at this orthodox Brahmin eating onions todaySir,In certain interior villages where I grew up, it was the belief that any vegetable or eatable, which has strong, distinctive, pungent odor that lingers in the breath long after its consumption, should be avoided. Onions, Garlic and Asafetida fall in this category of certain prohibitions in many an house hold of the old school. It is heartening to see your postings after a long gap. Regards.csrao