breaking nrisimha chaturdasi with ekadasi prasadam

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Ref: Message: 4 Thu, 15 May 2003 04:56:16 -0700 (PDT) Vijay

<gurudasa >Re: The perils of not observing Nrsimha

CaturdasiIm not sure if i am thinking on..........fast until India's dusk

(until he's appearance).Also I heard we should break fast with ekadashi food,

is this the correct way?Hare Krishna and Thanks

Vijay________________

i had the same doubt recently.......whether to break narasimha chaturdasi fast

with grains or anukalpa prasadam. so i wrote to HH Jayapataka Svami Maharaj and

i clarified it. Unfortunately the reply he wrote got deleted from my pc. i will

however write the contents of the mail.

 

All the festivals of appearance of Lord Krishna has to be observed with a 24

hour fast. But we generally observe fasting till the time of appearance of the

particular avatar, like, till sunset for nrisimha chaturdasi, till moon rise

for gaur purnima, till midnight for janmashtami etc. and then take anukalpa

prasadam in order to maintain the fasting. since janmashtami and gaur purnima

are the main festivals for the gaudiya vaishnavas we observe this fasting with

non-grain prasadam for 24 hrs. it is optional for us(depending on the level of

austerity that we want to undertake) to observe fasting with anukalpa prasadam

on other days of appearance of Lord Krishna like nrisimha chaturdasi or rama

navami etc.

 

ys, radha rati devi dasi.