Dear all, Rearding accepting Prasadam on ekadasi day, the following is given in Narada Pancharatra: prasAdAnnam sadA grAhyam ekAdasyAm na nArada | ramAdi-sarva-bhaktAnAm itareshAm ca kA kathA || "O Narada, one must always accept the remnants of food offered to the Lord. However, on ekadasi one must not accept them. Even Goddess Laksmi, and her peers observe ekadasi. What, then, can be said of other persons?" Hence, one must not accept even Maha-prasada annam on ekadasi day.If same is offered, one must keep it safely and take it on the dvadasi day, first thing in the morning.There is no contradiction. Contradiction comes because we place more significane of the maha-prasadam and less on ekadasi. But that is only due to our lack of knowledge on the greatness of ekadasi, its greatness even over Mahaprasadam.When we sufficiently realise the glories and importance of ekadasi, then we will follow ekadasi better. Ramanuja Dasi Vedavalli Ranganathan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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