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better food than him? Any person who can prepare food with care and offers it to God, can be a brahmin.
Now a days, these matters are lost and reached the stage of annihilation. There is no other way than taking work, if such a person is available. He should educate himself and his children in manners and morals and knowledge of legitimate and illegitimate. It is being observed daily that the state of the manners and morals of the sudras and persons getting the water. Their fingers are full of menstrual discharges and they fill water and knead the flour. The ladies cook the food wearing dirty clothes and dogs sit on the clothes of poojaries and many people take them in their lap. They put their mouth in the vessels and lick them. The hands and clothes are becoming dirty by the saliva from the dog’s mouth. There is a need to write a separate book in this regard.
The food must be eaten with respect and care. This is the reason for taking food with out talking. Even if the food is taken without talking, their minds are full of dirty thoughts, since they do not have respect in their hearts. Even if there is no respect, they should at least eat with a suggestion that their thoughts are pure. Careless eating will produce smoke, which close the doors of benefit. Careless eating will open the holes in the heart, of the lower side and respectful eating will open the holes of the upper side and the flow of Amrith comes from above. When there is rising of smoke, the upper holes are closed and flow of Amrith stops. In addition, it is to be known that the flow of Amrith comes from pure Atman, when the connection is with such Atmanand the benefit comes mostly, through these Atman.
If there is love and connection with the Elders of their Order and when they are remembered constantly, benefit will come from any one of them at a time, by facing His Atman and heart. But the Atman will become indifferent, if the heart is not pure and do not come in front of their heart.
Therefore there will not be much benefit. People of weak mind should eat food, which is suitable to their nature and give strength to the mind. Example: If a person of weak mind starts eating bread, dryness will be produced in his mind and closes the way of benefit. There is a special benefit which comes into the mind, but it will not come when there is dryness. Therefore the food which does not suit the person’s nature, has to be avoided. It does not mean that spicy Chat pat and sweet and sour things which are liked by him, are to be eaten, but it means that if the disposition is phlegm producing, cold producing things like lemon juice should be avoided. If the disposition is dry, tea etc. should not be taken more and hot and dry food should be avoided. Excessive eating will weaken the mind. The meaning of this advise is that more nutrient and Muraggan food should be avoided, because they produce