ekadasi

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Haribol Prabhus

 

I have been meaning to to organize www.ekadasi.com to be able to answer all

questions re: ekadasi. Which would you say are the major cities that the

dates should be mentioned for? Ultimately I would want to have an automatic

reminder set up which takes into account the variant dates. Any suggestions

are welcome. Thanks.

 

your servant

Gerald Surya

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> I was tought that on Ekadasi if we give non-ekadasi prasadam to people we

> will get some karma for that. Only if we sell this prasadam it will be ok.

>

> Where could I find a quote for that?

 

My answer (culled from various sources):

 

Whether or not grain prasada should be given to non-devotees on Ekadasi is

likely to be eternally debated. Some argue that karmis will eat grains

anyway, and at least they can be benefited if they take prasada. But when

Srila Prabhupada was asked by Mahamsa Swami if grain prasada could be

distributed to the public on Ekadasi, he retorted, "Do you want them to go

to hell?" (Told by Anandamaya dasa) However, other devotees have reported

Srila Prabhupada having told devotees to distribute grain prasada to the

public on Ekadasi. As in any case of doubt, there is no harm to take the

more cautious approach. In this matter, that would entail serving only

grainless prasadam on Ekadasis to both devotees and nondevotees. There is no

difficulty in doing so, as there are thousands of delicious preparations

that can be made without grains. It could even become a topic of preaching

in our restaraunts, where recipients of Krishna's prasada who are curious

enough to inquire can be told about the reasons for observing ekadasi

restrictions.

 

 

> Only if we sell this prasadam it will be ok.

 

Unless a good reference is given for this it can be taken as a speculation.