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Once a Vaishnava invited his friend for lunch.<\/span> \nfrom Bhagavatam – Katha<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once a Vaishnava invited his friend for lunch. He served him prasadam nicely and later inquired him about his devotional service. The friend got angry and said, What are you talking about ? What … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":9648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 20:13:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHe served him prasadam nicely and later inquired him about his devotional service.<\/span>
\nThe friend got angry and said, What are you talking about ? What devotional service ? I dont even have any faith on God.<\/span>
\nAfter hearing this from his friend, the Vaishnava was stunned.<\/span>
\nHe started lamenting in front of deity that he had made a blunder by inviting an atheist for prasadam.<\/span>
\nThen the Lord appeared before him and said \u2013 \u201cWhy are you lamenting for giving prasadam to just one atheist. Look at Me, for ages I have been feeding unlimited atheists of this world. Then how much lamentation will I have. Still I take care of every body like a father.<\/span>
\nMoral of the story:<\/span>
\nIn Bhagavad Gita 9.29 Supreme Father Lord Krishna states,<\/span>
\nsamo \u2018ham sarva-bhutesu \/ na me dvesyo \u2018sti na priyah<\/span>
\nye bhajanti tu maam bhaktyaa\/ mayi te tesu caapy aham<\/span>
\n\u201cI envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him. \u201d<\/span>
\nThe Lord considers every living entity as His son and as such He provides everyone with a generous supply of the necessities of life.<\/span>
\nHe is just like a cloud which pours rain all over, regardless of whether it falls on rock or land or water.<\/span>
\nHe has mercifully provided the basic necessities of life \u2013 like air and water in sufficient quantities for all living entities.<\/span>
\nBut for His devotees, He gives specific attention. \u201cWhoever surrenders unto Me, proportionately I take care of him.\u201d<\/span>
\nAs obedient children of Supreme Father, it is our utmost duty to follow His footsteps and treat everyone equally. When we serve prasadam to others we should never discriminate them.<\/span>
\nIrrespective of whether they are good or bad, the prasadam has the potency to purify the impurities in their hearts and sow the seed of love for God-head.<\/span>
\n( Dear readers please comment on this stories )<\/span>
\nHare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare<\/span>
\nHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.<\/span>
\nPS: I humbly request all the devotees to please forward and share this moral \/ instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefited by hearing about Krishna and his dear devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n