dwAdasi pAranam

[Guest guest]

Dear Praveena Madam,

 

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>1. Shri Varaha PurAnam - there are about 32 'offences' ......

>However, if the food is digested, i.e., after taking food in the morning

>we can go to the temple in the evening.

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That makes sense and thanks for this info.

 

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> My father said the correct understanding woule be "Upavaasam is

>actually part of Vratham, meaning, upavaasam is performed with a

>motive to get closer to our lord". As we all are aware of EkAdasi is one

>among many Vrathams.

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That synchronises adiyen's understanding as well.

 

dAsan

[Guest guest]

> 1. If my memory is right, when I browsed through a brief of Shri

> Varaha PurAnam there are about 32 'offences' a Sri Vaishnava should

> obstain from doing. One such 'offence' is a Sri Vaishnava should

> not go to temple of Vishnu after eating. However, if the food is

> digested, i.e., after taking food in the morning we can go to the

> temple in the evening. Request devarir to correct if my

> understanding / learning is wrong.

 

This actually makes a lot of sense. One clarification I would

suggest is that 'going to the temple' on a full stomach per

se is not wrong, but going and taking 'tIrtham' etc., on a

full stomach is what is advised against. After all, during

utsavams, etc., we spend the whole day in the temple, before

and after meals.

 

If the rule is that food should be digested, one can wait an

hour or so after eating and then go to the temple. This is similar

to the rule in the Catholic Church that one should not abstain

from food for at least an hour prior to taking communion (eating

the consecrated bread wafers known as "host").

 

Mani