18/06/24 evening – How to Follow Ekadashi (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

00:04:00 – A brief story of Pāṇḍava Nirjalā Ekādaśī

00:14:00 – A story from Param Gurudeva about a girl who was making a garland for the Deities and said that if the Deities didn’t come, she would make sabjī out of the edible flowers — but this attitude is incorrect; there should be enthusiasm in bhakti, like in the example of Dhruva

00:24:00 – On following Ekādaśī

00:38:00 – Observing Ekādaśī for Kṛṣṇa

00:40:00 – A brief story of Mahāprabhu’s instruction to His mother about Ekādaśī; Śacī-devī follows Ekādaśī for Kṛṣṇa’s happiness

00:44:00 – Example of the gopīs — all actions are for Kṛṣṇa’s happiness; story of how Kṛṣṇa applied kajal (eyeliner) to the eyes of a gopī00:53:00 – Question: how to follow Ekādaśī if one doesn’t yet understand what brings happiness to Kṛṣṇa

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