Is Flax Seed a Grain?

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In Iskcon, the word "grains" is used in a very specific & usually incorrect

sense. The sanskrit word "anna" - which is so commonly misinterpreted to

refer to those foods which must absolutely be abstained from on Ekadasis -

is simply a general word which refers to foods that all living entities

naturally consume to survive.

 

For humans, those foods are fruits, vegetables, RICE, wheat, legumes, (dal,

Black beans, Garbanzo beans, (also called chickpeas), Kidney beans, (also

called Mexican red beans), Lentils, Navy beans, Pinto beans,), milk, etc.

 

For tigers, 'anna' is meat. For cows & elephants 'anna' is grasses, leaves

etc.

 

 

"Just like Ekädasé day—there is no eating sumptuously. Simply you take

little fruits and flowers. Try to avoid that also. You don't take even

water. That is really ekädasé.

 

But because we cannot do it—in the Kali-yuga the time is different—therefore

we are allowed to take little fruit and milk, which is called anukalpa."