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What is Food For Life!! {ISKCON} about?
Well Sadhana-Bhakti describes the group as "That's basically our policy worldwide, that no one
within 10 miles of our temple should go hungry," said
temple vice president Caru Das.
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" greatness of a person can be estimated by his ability to tolerate provoking situations" -H.H Radhanath Swami
Distribute prasadam to as many as possible, equally
By Prasadam distribution you will do service to the Lord, and the public
will be pleased upon you as well. Gradually increase the number of guests,
and donýt deny anyone. Continue in this way : Whatever is there, distribute
equally ý it may not be very sumptuous, but no one should be denied equal
portion.
Srila Prabhupada in his letter to Giriraja, April 12, 1972.
Krishna Temple raising money for relief efforts
Heidi Toth DAILY HERALD
Whenever the building is open, the Sri Sri Radha
Krishna Temple on the southern edge of Spanish Fork
has a buffet available for anyone who needs a meal.
"That's basically our policy worldwide, that no one
within 10 miles of our temple should go hungry," said
temple vice president Caru Das.
That policy is the reason the Hare Krishna Food for
Life program distributes meals to people who need it.
While the organization brings meals to people every
day of the year, the number of Hurricane Katrina
victims needing food has caused an surge in the
services. Das said the temple in Spanish Fork is
raising money to send to the national organization and
will match every dollar it receives until the Festival
of India Sept. 17.
"What inspires us to do what we do is not only
feelings of humanitarianism, but the food that we give
to people is consecrated in our temple," he said,
adding Krishnas believe that by doing this, they are
nourishing the soul as well as the body.
About $500 have been raised since Monday, when the
program was started. Das hopes to raise several
thousand dollars, which is about what they raised for
the tsunami in Southeast Asia last year and the Sept.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.
Paul Turner, director of Food for Life, said
volunteers were in affected areas a few hours after
the hurricane hit, distributing hot, freshly cooked
vegetarian meals to anyone who needed them.
"This is normal for us," he said. "We immediately went
into action as soon as possible."
The vegetarian meals are part of the Hare Krishna's
belief system, but there are more practical reasons as
well -- the meatless dishes are healthier and less
expensive, so more people can eat for less.
About 40 volunteers are along the Gulf Coast cooking,
cutting wood for the wood-burning stoves and going
door to door in search of people who need food, Turner
said. They are serving about 1,000 people daily, but
hope to get that number to 5,000 to 10,000 soon.
"The philosophy of Food for Life is that everybody is
spiritually equal," he said. "We want to feed
everybody."
Das said he hopes both the hurricane and the relief
efforts will help people become more tolerant toward
each other.
"It is very humbling," he said. "Our philosophy is
that God is great and we're small. You say that day
after day and give lectures about it, but every once
in a while you get a real good demonstration."
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