SrimathE Ramanujaya namaha:
Dear Srivaishnavas,
ISKCON has published a very very nice booklet on
Ekadesi which contains Lord Krishna's narrations to
King Udhistra. There the Lord explains the importance
of each Ekadesi backed by a mythological story. Adiyen
has read this book long ago in Bahrain.In one of the
episodes even the animals in a kingdom were not given
food on Ekadesi days. Interested devotees can approach
ISKCON centers for this collection.
Dasan
Varadan
--- varadha rAmAnuja dAsan
<varadha.ramanujadasan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> srI:
> srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha:
>
> Obviously, ekAdasi is meant for all of us and not
> for him. He can be offered
> his usual offerings. Some people claim that taking
> prasAdam is ok. But thats
> not right. Actually the concept is that on all days
> we are supposed to be
> taking ONLY prasAdam. So fasting on EkAdasi day
> obviously means fasting from
> everything (which includes prasadam - rice that is
> offered). When adiyEn
> asked this to a scholar, he mentioned that there are
> levels of vrata.
> (Nirjala, jala, phala etc). One can a level choose
> that suits his level of
> practice and should follow it strictly and try to
> reach next higher level
> over a period of time. But what about prasadam that
> is offered to the Lord?
> Wasting it is also a sin. That prasadam can be given
> to people who are at
> the level of taking that prasadam (old people,
> people who are not well et
> al). People who are young and fit should necessarily
> try to follow nirjala
> EkAdasi (NOT taking the Lord's prasadam also). To
> reach that level, they can
> take prasadam like fruits (again that should also be
> necessarily ONLY
> prasadam -it should first be offered to the Lord).
> adiyEn has heard a full
> lecture by velukkudi swami (30 mins) on the
> importance of eating ONLY
> prasadam.
>
> kshamikka prarthikkirEn.
>
> adinAyEn,
> varadha rAmAnuja dasan.
>
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