Dear SrI Sridharan: There are some relaxations in EkAdasi Fasting rules based on age , health status , kaala , dEsa varthamAnams . For instance , those below age 8 and above 70 or 80 and ladies going thru pregnancy are excused from Fasting . SrI Sridharan: You are abroad studying towards a degree with intensity and with lot of demanding duties . Yours is a category of cases that need some modifications to the prescribed Fasting . Nirjala EkAdasi should be avoided under your circumstances at all costs . SrI Sridharan: You have been blessed to be a SrI Paadham ThAngi for Lord VaradarAjan . That blessing alone will carry you through during this year of overseas stay for educational purposes , where it is difficult for you to pursuing Ekadasi Vratham. Please do not worry about it . There are a lot of people here ( in USA ) , who drive quite a few miles daily to get to work and sit in intense meetings or operate Machines (including their cars) or have demanding project deadlines . They have to mitigate the intensity of fasting also along the lines allowed by ShAsthrAs and revert to stricter routines , when they can . If not , they will have problems in coping with the demands of the working day such as experiencing gididness and gastro-intenstinal problems , dry mouth , hypoglycemia ( inadequate supply of glucose to the brain) et al , which do not go well with their intense work schedules . Eating fruits and cooked vegetables , broken grain based preparations during the day and spreading it out , performing ThrikAla SandhyA Vandhanams and additional AshtAkshari/ Gayathri Japams are some of the ways to cope with the difficulties in strict observation of the EkAdasi Vratham. Oru Pothu , PalahAram route can be merged in to this schedule. You can always return to stricter observances , once your support systems are back in place . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veerapuram Sridharan" <yagnyan@xxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:09 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] informationl request........ > srimathe ramanujaya namaha > seeraar thoopul thivengadamudaiyaan thiruvadigalae > saranam > > dear swamins, > > could anyone plz enlighten adiyaen on what can be > eaten on ekadesi day. > > adiyaen lives in a place in UK where normal indian > food stuffs are bit hard to find. > > the availability is bread, oven chips, french fries > etc. can payatham paruppu kanji be taken on ekadesi > day? > > adiyaen tried with only fruits and milk and even > nirjala upavasam, but couldn't manage. mithama or > athama upavasam is enough for adiyaen for time being. > > adiyaen got plenty of things to do in a day. > > adiyaen sridhara dhaasan. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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