What is the Law of Karma for Food We Eat? Swami Mukundananda | Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3

Lord Krishna reveals that food we eat impacts not just our body, but the mind as well. Swami Mukundananda explains the law of karma as it applies to food, while delving into various aspects such as
- What are foods in the 3 gunas - sattvic, tamasic, rajasic?
- Our scriptures prescribe a diet free of meat products for humans.
- Why is a non-vegetarian diet not designed for humans?
- Is the law of karma applicable when we eat vegetarian foods?
- How can we free ourselves from karmic reactions of any food we eat?
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:17 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 13 Chanting
1:41 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 13 Translation by Swami Mukundananda
2:07 What is the Law of Karma for Food We Eat?
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In the Vedic tradition, food is cooked with the consciousness that the meal is for the pleasure of God. A portion of the food items is then put in a plate and a verbal or mental prayer is made for the Lord to come and eat it. After the offering, the food in the plate is considered prasad (grace of God). All the food in the plate and the pots is then accepted as God’s grace and eaten in that consciousness. Other religious traditions follow similar customs. Christianity has the sacrament of the Eucharist, where bread and wine are consecrated and then partaken. Shree Krishna states in this verse that eating prasad (food that is first offered as sacrifice to God) releases one from sin, while those who eat food without offering commit sin.

The question may arise whether we can offer non-vegetarian items to God and then accept the remnants as his prasad. The answer to this question is that the Vedas prescribe a vegetarian diet for humans, which includes grains, pulses and beans, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, etc. Apart from the Vedic culture, many spiritually evolved souls in the history of all cultures around the world also rejected a non-vegetarian diet that makes the stomach a graveyard for animals. Even though many of them were born in meat-eating families, they gravitated to a vegetarian lifestyle as they advanced on the path of spirituality.

In this verse, Shree Krishna goes further and says that even vegetation contains life, and if we eat it for our own sense enjoyment, we get bound in the karmic reactions of destroying life. The word used in the verse is ātma-kāraṇāt, meaning “for one’s individual pleasure.” However, if we eat food as remnants of Yagya offered to God then the consciousness changes. We then look upon our body as the property of God, which has been put under our care for his service. And we partake of permitted food, as his grace, with the intention that it will nourish the body. In this sentiment, the entire process is consecrated to the Divine.
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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 13
यज्ञशिष्टाशिन: सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषै: |
भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् || 13||
yajna-shishtashinah santo muchyante sarva-kilbishaih
bhunjate te tvagham papa ye pachantyatma-karanat
BG 3.13: The spiritually minded, who eat food that is first offered in sacrifice, are released from all kinds of sin. Others, who cook food for their own enjoyment, verily eat only sin.
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