john wrote:But why is Bhog offered?
Thank you to arjun for the Murli confirmation. It is a fair question. My feeling is for exactly the same reason as food is offered to spirits in all traditions. It appears to be that they are feeding off it or the ritual, mental connection of the devotees offering. A sort of magic in other words.
So the question is why is Bhog offered within the BKWSU? To feed their spirits or feed the devotees some devotional pratices? Put simply, something to entertain them to keep them interested. A good show.
After all the years of criticism of other people's rites and rituals, why the indulgence of their own? What makes their rites and rituals special?
Personally, I think there are more spooks than Lekhraj Kirpalani involved with the BKWSU and I think that a part of their rituals are to sustain them in the state or place that they are, whether they are hungry ghosts or asuras, or whatever you wish to call them.