Swami Answers Devotees' Questions

1. Can devotees of Krishna eat onion and garlic?

[Question raised in internet discussion forum through Shri Anil]

[Hare Kṛṣṇa! Daṇḍavat praṇām. Can a Hare Kṛṣṇna devotee eat Prasād at other temples which might contain onion garlic? If not, then what should be done, if they give us some Prasād, is it disrespectful towards the demigods if we deny it?]

Swāmi Replied:- God Kṛṣṇa showed all Gods in His cosmic vision. You are not a realised devotee of Kṛṣṇa if you differentiate the divine incarnations of God. There is nothing forbidden in the vegetarian items of food.

2. Can God see us when we are doing some personal/private kind of things, like bathing, changing clothes, etc.?

[Question raised in internet discussion forum through Shri Anil]

Swāmi Replied:- God is said to be omniscient and nothing can escape His sight and awareness. God is the creator, maintainer and controller of every atom of matter and every quantum of energy in this creation.  God Kṛṣṇa preached this concept to Gopikās by stealing their saris while they were taking bath.

3. Shri Muthukumaran asked: Swamiji please explain the 96 Tattvas. By, Muthukumaran

Swami Replied:- The constituents of the human body related to the external world are classified as 96 items. You can do google search and find out them. For this, I need not be questioned. You can question Me about the subject of creator and not creation, which is mere science about which there are plenty references. You are interested in the creation but not in the creator!