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...
Ekadashi-vrata 2024
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26 Dec 2024 morning – Ekadasi (English) | Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Today is the last ekadasi of 2024. – The karmis, jnanis and devotees perform ekadasi for different reasons. – Instructions on how to proceed on the day of ekadasi: chant more Holy Names. – Lila of Mahaprabhu doing sankirtana at Srivasa’s house. – Sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana. – Baladeva Prabhu punishes Romaharsana Rsi. – Narada Minu visits a couple who had no diksa, and their next life. – Serve the sadhu who comes to...
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17 Jul 2024 evening – The glories of Ekadashi-tithi (English) | Itajai, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
On Ekadashi do not eat 5 kinds of grains as all sins remain there. Sri Vishnu glorifies sadhu-sanga in front of Narada Rishi (a black bee, a cuckoo bird, a newborn baby) Shloka: āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ (Hitopadesha 25). Sukriti will bring you before a sadhu. Worldly people will not solve your problems, they will only create more. Only a bona fide guru can solve all your problems. Shloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya – kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ (CC Madhya 20.108). The soul...
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18 Jun 2024 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...
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04 May 2024 evening – Ekadasi-tithi (English) – Siedelsbrunn, Germany| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
Ekadasi-tithi is the mother of suddha-bhakti. How vaidhi-bhakti devotees follow ekadasi. From eight to eighty years of age, everyone must follow ekadasi. The correct way to follow ekadasi. Story of when Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja made several preparations for his spiritual brother on the day of ekadasi. Krsna is our maintainer and our protector. Story of the disciple who pretended to chant the Holy Names so as not to do other sevas. Lila from when Srimati Radhika goes to Nandagaon...
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05 Apr 2024 morning – Under No Circumstances Abandon Ekadasi (Bengali) – 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...
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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...
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06 Mar 2024 evening – Everyone Observe Ekadashi (English) – Pipa, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
– Everyone from 8 to 80 should observe Ekadashi. – Different religions’ view of ahimsa, non-violence. – Offer to God what you eat. – The meaning of the word ‘meat’. – Topics of reincarnation. – The meaning of the name Rukmangada. – The glories of Ekadashi in the story of King Rukmangada. – Karma-tattva. – You can give the fruits of Ekadashi to bhutas, ghosts, to help them get human bodies. – Everyone please observe...