In English
Recognising the great sacredness that is contained in God’s vision, His touch and His speech, we should decide to accept through all the five organs, only sacred food. Here, many people may have a doubt as to what is sacred and sathwik food. I will explain this aspect. Some people think that it is good to eat a banana or a coconut. Neither coconut nor banana are bad in any way. Our ancients considered the coconut as a sacred food. Gradually, when we look at the coconut, it reminds us of our head. It also has two eyes and one mouth. It also has a patch of hair. Some people think that it is a form of because it has three eyes. In fact, in certain festivals, a coconut is decorated and people perform to it. What is the reason for our giving so much importance to a coconut? It is useful to examine this, even in a worldly sense. Doctors have examined this fruit and come to the conclusion that it has very valuable constituents. It is believed that this fruit has nearly 57% of fat, 15% of powdery material, another 15% of watery substance, seven or eight percent of solid matter. The remaining eight percent is pulp. The believed this to be a very sacred fruit. An unripe coconut is also a sacred fruit. Whatever we may eat, provided it does not contain too much salt, chili or acid; and if we eat in the right proportions, it may be described as sathwic. The ideal proportion is two parts of solid food, one part of liquid and one part of air. This kind of food will help us a great deal in our and we will have good health. It is in this context that it has been said that health is our true wealth. A healthy body will have a healthy mind. However, today man is not accepting any of these good principles and he is subjecting himself to a lot of disease and harm.