Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 17: The Three Kinds of Faith

Bhagavad Gita 17.7

āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ | yajñastapastathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śṛṇu ||

The food that each person likes is also of three kinds, and so are sacrifice, austerity, and giving. Hear how they differ.

Modern context

Even the food a person enjoys reveals their nature. And so do their offerings, disciplines and gifts. The Gita takes ordinary life seriously. What we eat, how we give, how we discipline ourselves: all of these are expressions of character, and all of them can be refined. Spiritual life is not separate from the kitchen and the marketplace.