which type are you?

by Guest Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:47 pm

so ganesh days are going on, and I told everyone that we would be doing pooja/aarti everyday. means no meat for 10 days. Kids asked 2-3 times. So I said, ok then you don't do pooja that day if you eat it. Or like a colleague had given me the solution, take a shower before prayers.

I was following it until now. Today I went out to get food. Wasn't thinking. Got Chicken Teriyaki. Was in the middle of eating it when I saw the lunch thread, suddenly remembered it's ganesh days, and then suddenly remembered I am eating chicken.

What would do if you were me?

throw the rest of the food and feel horribly bad? or
continue eating now that you have done day bhrasht anyway?

I am continuing to eat it. Am I a paapan?

by nevada Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:01 pm

Don't throw, just carefully pack it and store it for later use. Then sincerely pray to God to forgive you.

by Guest Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:07 pm

nevada wrote:Don't throw, just carefully pack it and store it for later use. Then sincerely pray to God to forgive you.

well I could not chew it any more, mental block. so I ate just the noodle part and veggies. threw the chicken part.

Getting all sorts of suggestions now at the other site:

ab ghar jaa ke snan karogi to pakdi jaogi - if you go home and shower, they will know what you did
kis mooh se bachho ko ab bologi tum - what a bad example setting for kids

noodle bhi brasht he honge chiken ke saath reh ke - noodles also have chicken in it now

ab ek he tarika hei prayashchit karneka - only one way to do penance
ab ki baar ganpti bhakt chiken dhoondho aur uski pooja karo - pray a ganesh follower chicken
chikan ko laddu khilao nau din tak - feed laddus to a chicken for 9 days

by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:12 pm

what are ganesh days? i only know the one day when we get kozhakkattais and that's over.

by Guest Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:15 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:what are ganesh days? i only know the one day when we get kozhakkattais and that's over.

I think they are from chauth/chaturthi to anant chaturdashi. From what I remember, on first day we set up the new ganpati. pray both old and new for 10 days. On 10th day we let go (visarjan) of the old one in river/sea. Think juloos and jhaakis.

by Kris Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:11 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:so ganesh days are going on, and I told everyone that we would be doing pooja/aarti everyday. means no meat for 10 days. Kids asked 2-3 times. So I said, ok then you don't do pooja that day if you eat it. Or like a colleague had given me the solution, take a shower before prayers.

I was following it until now. Today I went out to get food. Wasn't thinking. Got Chicken Teriyaki. Was in the middle of eating it when I saw the lunch thread, suddenly remembered it's ganesh days, and then suddenly remembered I am eating chicken.

What would do if you were me?

throw the rest of the food and feel horribly bad? or
continue eating now that you have done day bhrasht anyway?

I am continuing to eat it. Am I a paapan?

>>>Wait, I thought you were a paapan. (check DMK website)

As to your moral dilemma, it purely comes to how you feel about the situation. I probably would have stopped eating at that point and maybe taken a shower anyway. I have been in a similar situation. I was in India and had ordered at a restaurant. The person I was meeting happened to mention that it was janmashtami and I changed my order to something vegetarian. I am not even particularly religious in the normal sense of the word. I guess a lot of this is conditioning.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:49 pm

Kris wrote:
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:so ganesh days are going on, and I told everyone that we would be doing pooja/aarti everyday. means no meat for 10 days. Kids asked 2-3 times. So I said, ok then you don't do pooja that day if you eat it. Or like a colleague had given me the solution, take a shower before prayers.

I was following it until now. Today I went out to get food. Wasn't thinking. Got Chicken Teriyaki. Was in the middle of eating it when I saw the lunch thread, suddenly remembered it's ganesh days, and then suddenly remembered I am eating chicken.

What would do if you were me?

throw the rest of the food and feel horribly bad? or
continue eating now that you have done day bhrasht anyway?

I am continuing to eat it. Am I a paapan?

>>>Wait, I thought you were a paapan. (check DMK website)

As to your moral dilemma, it purely comes to how you feel about the situation. I probably would have stopped eating at that point and maybe taken a shower anyway. I have been in a similar situation. I was in India and had ordered at a restaurant. The person I was meeting happened to mention that it was janmashtami and I changed my order to something vegetarian. I am not even particularly religious in the normal sense of the word. I guess a lot of this is conditioning.

But, she is from the Sukracharya lineage.

According to Al-Akbari all Brahmins ate meat and are legally, religiously, morally, and ethically authorized to eat meat.

by goodcitizn Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:35 pm

Chicken is okay. Lord Ganesha would have cast an evil eye on you only if you had eaten elephant teriyaki.

by Merlot Daruwala Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:02 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
I am continuing to eat it. Am I a paapan?

Yes. Now that your sinfulness is established, have a steak for dinner. Indulge wantonly.

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