Food Intake Process – Part 1

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#PrachodayatAnnaPaanVidhi Series – Part 1
Food is most important factor to sustain the body given to us! In this series, we will explore different Sastra(s)’ prescriptions for food intake process.
𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
प्राङ्‌मुखोऽन्नानि भुञ्जीत सूर्याभिमुख एव वा ⁠।
आसीनस्त्वासने शुद्धे भूम्यां पादौ निधाय तु ⁠।⁠।⁠ १ ⁠।⁠।
पवित्र आसनपर बैठकर पाँवोंको भूमिपर रखकर पूर्वकी ओर अथवा सूर्याभिमुख होकर अन्न (भोजन) ग्रहण करना चाहिये।
पञ्चार्द्रो भोजनं कुर्याद् भूमौ पात्रं निधाय तु ⁠।
उपवासेन तत्तुल्यं मनुराह प्रजापतिः ⁠।⁠।⁠ ३ ⁠।⁠।
पाँचों अङ्गों (दोनों हाथ, दोनों पैर तथा मुख)-का प्रक्षालनकर (भोजन) पात्रको भूमिपर रखकर भोजन करना चाहिये। प्रजापति मनुने इस प्रकारके भोजनको उपवासके समान बताया है।
उपलिप्ते शुचौ देशे पादौ प्रक्षाल्य वै करौ ⁠।
आचम्यार्द्राननोऽक्रोधः पञ्चार्द्रो भोजनं चरेत् ⁠।⁠।
दोनों हाथ, पैर एवं मुखको धोनेके बाद आचमनकर (गोबर इत्यादिसे) लीपे गये पवित्र स्थानमें (बैठकर) क्रोधरहित होकर भोजन करना चाहिये।
कूर्म पुराण
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Dos and Don’ts
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✔ Not just hands, one must wash legs and face before approaching food intake!
❌ No laziness here! If you come from outside, you must bath, wait for some 30 mins before eating anything!
✔ The plate must be kept on the floor
❌ Plate in hand is discomfort and stress that body has to focus on muscles while its whole focus should be in stomach!
✔ Best if the floor is painted by Gobar (Cow dung). If not, at least rough surface.
✔ Sit Eastward or towards sun during meal (evening meal towards west!)
✔ It must be sitting position – Sukhasana, easy pose, a simple cross-legged sitting asana
❌ No chair-table
✔ Must use washed, clean cloth as Asana cloth
❌ Never without Asana
✔ Legs must touch to the floor. Grounding is must!
✔ Let someone serve the food!
❌ You don’t self-serve the food
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Sukhasana Meal Position Benefits?
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✔ Increases blood circulation
✔ Grounding on floor improves Vagus nerve stimulation – aids digestion process (अग्नि दीपन)
✔ Relaxes the mind and body
✔ Plate is at lower place than normal, triggering of the abdominal muscles, which increases the secretion of stomach acids and allows food to digest faster.
Reference:
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲

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