FOOD PRAYER - Brahma Arpanam

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FOOD PRAYER

 

Sai Ram

 

This is the food prayer before taking the food

 

 

Brahma Arpanam Brahma Havir;

Brahmangnau Brahmana Hutam

Brahmai Va Tena Gantavyam;

Bharma Karma Samadhina

Aham Vaishvanaro Bhoothva

Praaninaam Dehamasritah;

Prana Apana Sama Yuktah

Pachamyannam Chaturvidham

 

 

 

 

 

--- Vishwanathan K S <kalpathyvs wrote:

 

> Sairam.thanks for the nice message.Could u please

> also write to us the prayer to be said before the

> meals.At present i say the Gayathri mantra and offer

> the food mentally to Brahman,the universal

> consciousness.There is a famous prayer recommended

> by Swami which i wish to learn.i only know the said

> prayer which starts with the word Brahman .....,

> etc. Really you are doing well sai ram

> Best Regards,

> K.s.Vishwanathan.

> Tel No: 022-28738192

 

> -

> Swamy Mahadevan

>

> Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:11 PM

> [sBOI-post] FOOD PRAYER

>

>

> FOOD PRAYER

>

>

> According to the Bhagavad Geetha, the body and

> life in it are based

> on food and sustained by food. However great and

> learned a person may

> be, however much he pays attention to the

> teachings of the Vedantha

> and takes care to spread them, if he neglects the

> strict code laid

> down for the food, he cannot succeed spiritually.

> The food we eat is

> an important constituent of the physical and

> mental stuff we have to

> struggle with, in the spiritual field. Purity of

> food leads to purity

> of mind.

>

>

> We should partake food with a Sathwic mind. Our

> ancestors

> recommended the offering of food to God before

> partaking. However

> impure the food maybe, when it is offered to God,

> it gets purified

> and nourishes us both physically and mentally as

> Divine prasad and

> Grace. Food so partaken becomes prasad

> (consecrated offering).

>

>

> Three types of purities are said to be necessary

> with regard to

> food. These are 1. Pathra Shuddhi (purity of

> vessels): The vessels

> for cooking must be clean and pure. 2. Paka

> Shuddhi (purity of the

> process of cooking): The process of cooking should

> not bring

> impurities. The person who prepares the food and

> serves must not only

> be clean in dress, but clean in habits, character,

> and conduct. He

> should not allow his mind to dwell on wicked or

> vicious ideas. 3.

> Pachaka Shuddhi (Purity of food materials): The

> provisions used for

> cooking has to be pure and of good quality. They

> should have been

> procured by fair means.

>

> The absence of any of the above three qualities

> makes the food

> impure. Impure food results in an impure mind.

> Hence it is necessary

> to purify the food before we eat.

>

>

> Now it is not possible to ensure the purity of the

> cooking process,

> since we do not know what thoughts rage in the

> mind of the person who

> prepares the food. Similarly we cannot ensure

> cleanliness of the food

> ingredients, as we do not know whether the seller

> who had sold it to

> us acquired the food grains in a righteous way.

> Hence it is essential

> on our part to offer food to God in the form of a

> prayer, so that

> these three impurities do not afflict our mind.

> When we make the

> offering to God, all the three types of pollution

> are destroyed and

> the food is turned into Prasad, which will nourish

> us physically,

> mentally and spiritually.

>

>

> Bhagavan Baba says that we should not forget this

> important

> discipline of offering food to God with a prayer.

> This should be done

> even when we eat outside our homes (it may be done

> mentally if

> required).

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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