Fasting or Feasting?

[GoodbyeDave]

My religion has no fasts but sharing food and drink with the gods is a basic act of worship in all forms Paganism. To consume such food is to receive a divine blessing: what the Indians call prasada.

 

[ronandcarol]

Fasting or Feasting?
You come closer to God by giving your heart to His one and only Son, not by doin' stuff!
It's all been done at the cross.

ronandcarol

 

[roberto]

Fasting or Feasting?
You come closer to God by giving your heart to His one and only Son, not by doin' stuff!
It's all been done at the cross.

ronandcarol

Jas 2:20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

 

[Rival]

Fasting is cheaper.

Feasting is always better if someone else is paying.

#Skinflint #Stingy

 

[Jedster]

Hinduism has a couple of fasts, but they aren't required. In fact one lady at temple said her idea of fasting is 70 mph. There are technically four fasting days per month... two for Lord Vishnu, and two for Lord Shiva. They fall on the 11th and 13th days of each new and full moon. Most Hindus, if they keep the fasts, will do one or the other, depending on their preferred form of God. I have yet to see or hear of feasting in Hinduism, since feasting could be considered being an excess.

What about the wedding of Rama & Sita?
52 dishes..now that is a feast

 

[Jainarayan]

What about the wedding of Rama & Sita?
52 dishes..now that is a feast

True, but that was a royal and divine occasion. It sounds more like an Italian wedding.

 

[Rival]

What about the wedding of Rama & Sita?
52 dishes..now that is a feast

Someone has to wash all those dishes

 

[Jainarayan]

Someone has to wash all those dishes

Banana leaves were traditional for serving and eating from. Really!

 

[amorphous_constellation]

I don't really see those as being things that usually move you close to a god. Rather, they are techniques that are for the self. If you can celebrate well, perhaps you can relax well. If you can fast well, perhaps you can focus well. The balance one chooses, I think, is arbitrary to their spiritual connection, which is a separate and more tangible thing. Nonetheless, balance is probably usually advised with choices of consequence to the body and mind. What do these things do for you?