Guest guest Posted January 26, 2001 Report Share Posted January 26, 2001 > Interseting story behind sat-tilaa ekadasi. I am just curious about > eating tila (sesami seeds) on ekadasi. In the story its mentioned that you > can eat sesame seeds on ekadasi. But since sesame seeds are offered in > yagna, that means they are considered as grains, and shouldn't be eaten on > ekadasi day. Please enlighten me about the contradiction here, or its just > my interpretation which is wrong. I have done a little investigating on this subject. Although there are a few sastric references which allow/recommend the eating of sesame seeds on Sat-tila Ekadasi, none of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas we have contacted here in Orissa or Bengal (meaning the Gaudiya Mission, Gaudiya Math, many babajis and Goswamis as well as our local Bhubaneswar ISKCON temple) follow this. They all avoid sesame seeds on all Ekadasis, including Sat-tila. The principle of guru, sadhu, and sastra means that even if the sastra recommends or allows a certain practice, still, if it is not the specific order of guru or practiced in sadhu society, we do not follow it. A similar example of sastra saying one thing but the Vaishnavas doing another is in Hari-bhakti-vilas, wherein it is recommended that one cook a subji from Tulasi leaves and offer it to the Lord. We do not know of any Vaishnavas who follow this. I offer these points not as a suggestion for how devotees should follow Ekadasi, but rather as some cultural information. The Ekadasi practices of different Vaishnavas in India may not be practical for our preaching in the West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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