Hindus say any prayer before eating food ?
Traditional Hindus tell a prayer before food. The prayer means this: “The food is God. The plates, spoon, etc are God. The eater is God. The fire of hunger is God. The act of eating is God.” A peculiar prayer!! It implies that I dont eat for my sake. I eat as an activity ordained by Nature. The order of Nature is such that one organism lives at the cost of another. Life to one being is death to another. It is impossible to maintain the life of this body without taking the life of millions of germs, food grains, fruits, leaves, seeds, plants, animals, etc. So the prayer before food implies that life is being offered to life. It is not for mere enjoyment that you eat, but as a necessary action to keep the body alive. This attitude is applicable to almost all actions in life.
