This document discusses the concept of prasadam, or food offered to God, in Hinduism. It makes several key points: 1) Prasadam becomes spiritual food through certain techniques and represents an offering made with love and devotion. 2) Bhakti, or devotion, is the most important ingredient when making offerings. Lord Krishna says that with his grace, all sorrows are destroyed. 3) Whatever is offered to God, whether karma, jnana, bhakti or anything else, should be seen as having been created by him already. We are simply handing over our offerings.

1. COOKO WITH DEVOTION
By Yoga Guru

2. • Material becomes Spiritual Food by certain
tecniques
• Prasadam means offered food
• Patram pushpam phalam toyam yome bhaktya
prayachhati
tadaham bhakti upahrtam ashnami
prayataatmanah
“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a
flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it.” He says, “I
accept the bhakti.”

4. • Prasad means anugrah or grace or mercy of
Lord
• Bhakti is the most important ingredient
• Lord says ‘Prasade sarva dukhanaam
haanirasyopajayate’ 2.65 BG
• Arjuna says ‘nasto moha smrtir labhda tvath
prasadan mayachuta’ 18.73 BG

5. • Offering karma, jnana, bhakti, everything is
the offering which HE needs.
• Realize that whatever we offer has been
created by HIM only.
• We are just act as if we have made!
• We do not have the right or qualification to
directly approach Lord. We handover the
answer paper to the invigilator and not to the
examiner!

6. • We need to offer without any expectation like
material wealth, settled life, son/daughter’s
education or marriage.
• Bhakti should be informed and not fanatical
devotion. Jnana poorvaka Bhakthi…
• There may be some faults in our bhakti but
still Lord accepts accordingly but never
punishes. There is no negative marks in
Krishna Bhakti!!!

7. • Ye yathamam prapadhyante thamsthathaiva
bhajamyaham… “As all surrender unto Me, I
reward them accordingly.” (Bg. 4.11)
• yat karoshi yad ashnasiyaj juhoshi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kurushva madarpanam
• Krishna is saying, “Whatever you do, whatever
you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and
whatever austerities you perform—do that, O son
of Kunti, as an offering to Me.” (Bg. 9.27)

8. • These include meat, fish, eggs, onions, mushrooms,
garlic, burned rice, white eggplant, buffalo and goat
milk products, and milk with salt in it. Also, one
should not offer canned or frozen foods to the deity,
and it is best to avoid offering foods containing
unhealthy substances such as yeast and white sugar.
• Avoid eating foods from a non devotee