Guest guest Posted February 14, 1996 Report Share Posted February 14, 1996 With all this talk of dates, could someone tell me what is the 'actual' reason behind following ekadashi? I have heard various reasons like eating (esp. grains) causes accumulation of karma, the Lord likes us to fast, etc. etc. None very convincing tho from a jnana/bhakti perspective. Brihadaranyaka says something to the effect that people try to know Him thru austerities, fasting, etc. and knowing Him, one becomes a 'muni', but that can be applied to any fasting not just ekadashi. I have been following it for some time now but it becomes a real problem when out on business trips. I'm concerned about tommorow since I am leaving right now and this came up on a very short notice :-( -Manish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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