- Ekadasi tithi occurs 11 days after the full moon and after the new moon.
- Some people fast on ekadasi for their own health, but in the Vaisnava Sampradaya we observe ekadasi for the exclusive pleasure of Krsna, this is suddha-bhakti.
- Sloka that defines suddha-bhakti (bhakti-pure): anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam… (CC Madhya-lila 19.167).
- On Ekadasi we should stay very close to the Lord by chanting the Holy Names.
- Story of King Rukmangada, his son Dharmangada and the glories of Ekadasi.
- Sloka that presents the stages of the process of devotion/bhakti: ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā tato ’nartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt… (CC Madhya-lila 23.14-15).
- Three types of stubbornness that are difficult to undo: that of the child, that of the woman and that of the king.
- About Srila Bhakti Gaurava Vaikanasa Maharaja, disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, and his dialogue with a brahma-daitya type ghost about the glories of ekadasi.
- Story of the origin of the ekadasi fast: lila of Visnu fighting with the demon Mura and the appearance of the beautiful young girl Ekadasi, a potency/sakti of Visnu.
- Story of an impersonalist who was about to merge into brahma but listened to Krsna-katha, gave up his meditation on brahma and became a servant of Srimati Radhika.
- Sloka revealing the supremacy of Harikatha: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chrotra mano-‘bhirāmāt ka uttamaśloka-… (SB 10.1.3).
- Story of the sadhu who spoke Harikatha with his eyes closed for many hours and everyone left.
- Ambarisa Maharaja’s lila with Durvasa Rsi shows the importance of breaking ekadasi at the right time as marked by the calendar.
Lectures in English, Mexico, Translated into Spanish, Mexico 2024
