GRATEFUL FOR FOOD & NOURISHMENT

Food is the most fundamental requirement for anyone, and I know that many people in the world still suffer from starvation and malnutrition. I grew up without my mother, and there were days in my childhood when my father struggled to arrange our daily meals. Those moments taught me how precious food really is. That is why I consider myself blessed to receive clean, fresh, and healthy food four times a day in this institution.

We chant the prayer - Aham vai?v?naro bh?tv? pr??in?? deham ??rita?, before every meal, which reminds us that it is not just our body that digests food. It is verily divinity itself present within as the fire of digestion, giving us nourishment and strength. So, we must eat with gratitude, never waste food, and see every meal as a blessing.

I feel blessed, humbled, and deeply thankful for this gift of nourishment that is shaping my body, mind, and future.