05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (English translation) – Kashinagar, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Today is a very high day, Ekadasi tithi, Madhava tithi, Hari Vasara tithi etc.
  • To follow Ekadasi, do not eat any grains on this day, if possible, do nirjala, do not eat anything, nor drink water.
  • The Scriptures indicate that everyone should follow Ekadasi (from 8 to 80 years old), twice a month.
  • One of the seeds in the grains on the day of Ekadasi is the sin of killing father and mother.
  • Speculating about how and when sin enters the grain is mere logic without spirituality. Understand transcendence through the instructions of the Guru and the Scriptures.
  • King Rukmangada’s history, everyone in his kingdom followed Ekadasi. He fulfilled his vow even in the face of the danger of his son Dharmangada’s death.
  • Pastime of Sri Mahaprabhu instructing not to take the prasada of Lord Jaganatha on the day of Ekadasi.
  • The glories of breaking the fast at the astrologically determined time, only then will the benefits be obtained.
  • A lila of Ambarisa Maharaja who, in order not to miss the time to break the Ekadasi fast, takes just a drop of the water that washed the feet of the Deity of the Lord.
  • In Gaudiya Matha, on Ekadasi days, rice is offered only to Thakuraji, She is beyond regulations.
  • Ekadasi is the incarnation of the Lord, do not eat any grains on that day and sing 64 rounds of japa.