Bhagavad Gita Bundle - Video 3

Hey, welcome to video number 3 of the Bhagavad Gita Mastery, chapter 17, the Yoga of Threefold Faith.

And Krishna reveals further something very powerful, you know.

He revealed that every, you know, everything is based on faith, and faith is nothing but the tendencies.

It's based on clothing.

That's why you got to have, you know, build more of sattvic faith.

Now Krishna says something interesting.

He says there is a you know, so-called, you know, back door or front door method for coming in touch with this place, which is Krishna says there are 4 methods.

It's like food, the right choice of food, sacrifice, which is all the rituals, food, sacrifice, penance, you know, all the sadhanas, and gift giving.

These 4 can quicken your you know, introduction to the river of truth.

So he reveals the secret.

So let's go with it.

Foods that promote longevity, increase mental strength, delectable, appetizing is called sattvic food.

Foods that promote longevity, increase mental strength, delectable, appetizing is called sattvic food.

Foods that are saltish, bitterish, pungent is called rajasic.

And foods that are ill-cooked, tasteless, smelling, decayed, impure is called tamasic food.

Now, this is very powerful.

Most people on earth think that food means is just a means to fill your hunger.

Krishna says BS.

That's just one part of it.

Food to satisfy.

The other most powerful thing is foods have a great influence on your gunas, on your tendencies.

The right type of food can like, you know, skyrocket your contact with this consciousness.

Here's what it is.

Krishna says food has tremendously influences your gunas.

That's why Krishna says prepare your own food.

Offer it to me and then eat it.

If you don't do it, you know, you'll be in big trouble because you would continue to- because as you are eating food, you are getting the tendencies of Satvik, Rajasic, and Tamasic.

Now, most people think this is BS.

Let me explain to you with an- allow me to explain that with a story.

All this has been researched by the great ones, and I've shared this with earlier, but I'm I want to share with you in this context again.

There was a, you know, there's an ashram and there was the head of a monk and he had a lot of people and there were a lot of devotees and many devotees would call these monks to their homes, you know, so that the homes would be blessed through the arrival of the monks and all that stuff.

So one day, a couple invited the monk to their house for lunch, for performing some puja.

Pujas and you know eating food.

And so the monk, since he was they were a true devotee, he said yes.

And so they went, the monk went to the house of the devotee and you know he did this you know little bit of of ritual, a puja, and then he had his food.

And after he had his food, he rested for a while, and after he got up Before he was about to leave, he saw a watch, a very you know, a watch around $1,000 or $2,000 and he got attracted by it and he took that watch.

I mean, he didn't even notice he was taking the watch, basically stealing it without even knowing.

I mean, he he was a very pure and very good monk, but he just took it, put it into his pocket and you know, he just left.

And the evening when he came, And I think he forgot, and in the evening suddenly realized, my God, what I've done!

Because the the the the effect of the tendency had faded away.

And so he said, my God, what I've done!

But pure as he was, he went to his master and said, look, I went, but I you know, for whatever reason, I don't know why I took this watch and came, and I don't know why I did this.

And look at the master, he was so, I mean, he was so generous because he knew that this this disciple was very good because he never because he had seen this disciple for so long.

So he said, "No problem, take it back to them and say it somehow accidentally fell into the bag or whatever it is." And so the monk went and he gave it back to them, saying a story, and they were happy and they took it back.

And the next day, the teacher himself went to the house because he wanted to know what made this such a wonderful person.

His disciple steal a watch?

He could not do it.

There must be something.

So he went and he asked the devotee, "Who prepared the food the other day?

Who prepared the food?" This was his first question.

And he said, she said, the woman of the house, that she was having a menstrual period, so a servant prepared.

He said, "Fantastic!" I would like to know a little bit more about the servant.

And they did their research and found out that the servant has on many occasions stolen.

He had this habit of stealing.

And so, the tendency of the cook enters into the food, says all the great ones.

And so, the tendency of the cook who was who used to steal on many occasions.

Entered the food and this monk caught it and this monk just it rubbed on him and he made that act of stealing and he though he recovered within 5 or 6 hours but it was such a bad act.

Now people don't get it.

You see, who is preparing the food is so important.

You see, all other you know food is not like you can eat from anywhere.

You know people think food is just for stomach and I can eat.

Who is preparing is more important.

Because as you're eating food, the tendencies of the cook rub on you, and that's why you see today most of the people don't get that.

This is for certain that if today, you know, people make their food, offer it to Krishna, because Krishna says, "Whatever you do eat, sacrifice, offer that as an austerity to me." If people today prepare food, offer it to God and eat it, you know, 70% of your tendencies from tamas will rise to sat.

This is guaranteed.

Just a small thing, yet, you know, people don't do it because they people just don't have faith.

They just want to see God putting, you know, their head, their hands on the sides and say, I want to see God.

People are not even ready to lift it.

These are simple things, right?

How much time is it gonna take food, to prepare food?

You should know that food is not just food.

It's a guna.

It enters into you and colors your blood.

You don't see it.

Great ones have said that, that if you want to go to the river of- the reason why most people don't get any benefit from their meditations, you know, is because they are doing all the things based on what they want.

It's not that just by eating this food you're going to see, but that's going to put you on a very strong position.

You see, it's going to put you on a very strong position.

So important.

So highly encourage you, you know, Krishna says that foods that are ill-cooked, tasteless, smelling decayed.

Ill-cooked means who is the cook, who is cooking is very, very important.

That's why, you know, you never know.

Vivekananda, once in his travel, he ate food and he vomited.

And everyone said, "Oh, food was bad." Vivekananda said, "No, the cook was bad." Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.