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To give eating is a good karma

The act of giving is a spiritual practice rooted in recognizing the divine source of all. Nothing is truly ours; everything belongs to God. Therefore, to give is merely to return what is His. This act is best performed by seeing God within all creatures, making feeding the hungry—both people and animals—a form of good karma and direct service. The obligation to give extends to familial duties, like daily cooking, which can feel like an inescapable chain. This burden is contrasted with the ideal of marriage as a blessed union where individual identities merge into one, like a drop falling into the ocean. However, the modern trivialization of commitment, where 'yes' is said repeatedly for marriage, divorce, and remarriage, has eroded this sacred meaning.

"Nothing is mine. Whatever it is, it is yours, O Lord."

"To give back to Him is to give to all living beings, for He resides in everyone."

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

If you cannot do anything else, then at least give someone something to eat. But who are we to give to someone? It is God who gives to everyone. The One who gave the beak will also give the food. There is one bhajan that says: "Kuchh merā nahīṁ, jo kuchh hai so terā, O Prabhu." (Nothing is mine. Whatever it is, it is yours, O Lord.) When I give back to you, I am losing nothing. To give back to Him means to see Him in all creatures. To give back to Him is to give to all living beings, for He resides in everyone. Therefore, giving food to the hungry—to hungry people and hungry animals—is a great act. It is good karma. To feed hungry animals is very good karma. For your family, for your children, for your husband, you cook every day. You must cook. If you do not cook for two or three days, then your husband will send you an invitation for a talk. There are two kinds of invitations. One is when you make a mistake in driving, then the traffic police send you a card. And the second is when you make a mistake in driving, then the traffic police send you a card. And the second is when you make a mistake in driving, then the traffic police send you a card. And the second is when you make a mistake in driving, then the traffic police send you a card. So there, you must cook. Even if you are vegetarian but he is not, you have to cut up these dead animals. Now you cannot say no. You are like that cow which is tied, and fire is burning, but she cannot free herself. And she knows now she has to burn in this fire. That's it. So marriage means a heavy chain around the neck. Just give the milk, that's all. Lucky are they who have a very good partnership, where the feeling, the sense of husband and wife, is lost. In English, "marriage" means uniting, merging, meeting in one place. My English friend, Blake, is not remarried, he's poetic. When one drop falls into the ocean, you cannot take it back again. So once when you say yes, it's yes. But now it seems only saying yes once is boring. So the first yes is during the marriage. And the second yes is a sign for divorce. And the third yes is for the next one. That yes means, "Yes, I will never do." So, the meaning of marriage is gone. In every culture there was a preparation for the marriage for weeks and weeks. Eating, dancing, singing, happiness—all of these are there for two or three days.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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