Sacred food

Most temples in Bangalore have the practice of serving at least a handful of tasty and quality food (considered to be sacred, as it is being served in the temple) for the devotees who visit the temple. I have the habit of visiting a particular temple every Saturday and I obviously get to taste the awesome food given there; I love it not because it is sacred but because of its quality and taste. There is another temple near my house where they serve an elaborate meal during some of the special worships; in good eco friendly disposable plates (I don’t visit that temple for some reasonJ).

But when I think about it, I am somehow not so comfortable with this concept. Most people who visit those temples, at least the ones which I visit and where awesome quality food in good quantity is being served as sacred food, are not in need of any food from others. So, why should these temples spend money to give food to people like me and you who are getting three meals a day? Doesn’t it make sense to cook a moderately rich/simple food and serve as many possible numbers of children and elderly who are incapable of earning their meal? Think about it and pass on this thought process to the temple trusts if you have influence on them.

Orthodox types might feel bad that they may not get to taste the ‘sacred, blessed food’, think again; helping the humanity is the best thing you could do rather than believing in the goodness of the sacred food.

FW: How markets work??

- Good email forward.

It was autumn, and the Red Indians asked their New Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a Red Indian chief in a modern society, he couldn`t tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his Tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.

But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is Going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service Responded.

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So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more Wood. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again.

"Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "It`s definitely going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," The Man replied. "It`s going to be one of the coldest winters ever." "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked. The weatherman replied,

"The Red Indians are collecting wood like Crazy." This is how stock markets work!!!