yuk! Its very rare, and she almost always otherwise offers up her food. She is also vegan and also would almost never drink. But she says she wants to do these things if she likes. I made it clear that I cannot control her, and she knows how it makes me feel. She basically just asks if I'm upset about it and I say I'm not, because I am not mad at her, I just have these weird feeling in my belly when it happens.
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any advice on how to deal Sri Abby-ji?
Thank you
Hare Krishna,
Thank you for the information, abrennan.
Awe-Struck
Pardon my ignorance but.....
Hare Krishna,
Pardon my ignorance but is the consumption of onion and garlic against the tradition of Krishna consciousness? If so, why?
Awe-Struck
I copied this
from here
http://food.krishna.com/node/370
Lord Krishna and his devotees do not eat onion or garlic, and hing is often used as a replacement for these. Onions and garlic are members of the Allium family of plants. According to Ayurveda, India's ancient medical science, foods can be grouped into three categories – sattvic (goodness), rajasic (passion) and tamasic (ignorance). Onions and garlic and the other Alliums are classified as rajasic and to some extent tamasic. In Ayurveda, they are accordingly considered to increase passion and to some degree ignorance, which would have a detrimental affect on devotional life.
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Jaya!
Thank you so much for your reply Prabhu!
This is wonderful reinforcement to what I have been practicing. And great advice for anyone in my situation.
After coming to the Philly temple last week for the first time and meeting some really nice mataji's, Stefanie also came to a home program with me wednesday, and enjoyed prasad there as well, AND may come to another satsang tonight!
This is great great great!
I just want her to be herself and let Krsna guide her now. In the past, before I experienced a personal relationship with Him, I treated the instructions in the Bhagavad Gita like the ones in Mayavadi books, and did not realize that extremist practices are not what fosters love of God. In the past I was really uptight about certain things which probably did not help her much at all.
So thank you! and I hope to respond here soon with more and more good news on our bhakti!
Hare Krsna!
Knowing
Well, Idontknow,
It sounds like you are going from "knowing nothing" (mayavadi) ;) (meaning knowing "nothingness" for anyone who doesn't get my word play) :)
to knowing everything!!! (meaning Krishna, who is everything).
Very good! I'm glad to hear how well you and your girlfriend are doing :)
My husband was a very much involved in Mayavadi thinking before he became a devotee.... so I can understand what you're saying about the realizations regarding extremist practices.
Loving a personal God is such a totally different way of thinking.
I wish you success :)
Navasi
Priorities
Dear Idon'tknow...
It sounds like your girlfriend is a very nice devotee in so many ways, offering her food most of the time, not drinking, etc...
Sometimes it's important to let go of the smaller issues in order to encourage the larger issues. You know... keep the priorities straight.
So, the important thing is that she is not drinking, or maintaining a lot of other bad habits, and she basically desires to always offer her food to Krishna, and only sometimes eats garlic and onions.
What you could do is give her a lot of attention and praise every time you notice that she has offered something, and every time you have noticed that she has not eaten the onions or garlic.
Like say" "oh, wow, that's so great, you made this and you offered it and you didn't use any garlic" !! (or however you would talk to her... that's just how I would speak of course ;)
Then, when she does use them or eat them, just don't pay attention, train yourself not to focus on it. You can do that by remembering, as she's eating them, all the good and positive things you like about her, and her devotion to Krishna, and all the devotional things she does do for Krishna.
Two things will most likely occur if you do this:
1) you will feel less upset when you see her eating the onions and garlic.
2) she will be less inclined to eat them since you give her a lot of praise and attention when she doesn't, and you pay no attention when she does.
(everyone loves praise and attention, it's a strong motivator ;) and, no one likes to be ignored, it's worse than being argued with :)
Navasi