Ekadasi

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Prabhupada spontaneously showed his displeasure also. That was the risk of

serving him closely as his personal servant or cook. One day Govinda dasi

was cooking a cereal for Prabhupada's breakfast when he walked past the

kitchen, looked in, and asked, “What are you cooking?"

“I am making cereal, Swamiji," she replied.

“But today is Ekadasi," said Prabhupäda.

“Oh, thank you, Swamiji. I didn't know." She thought that by his reminder

she had not actually done anything wrong. After all, neither he nor anyone

else had eaten the grains. But Prabhupäda began to criticize her with a

severity that surprised her. It was a great disqualification on her part, he

said, to cook grains on Ekadasi, the day when devotees fast from all grains.

He kept repeating that she had cooked grains on Ekadasi and described her

mistake as very serious; her one mistake seemed to indicate a whole wrong

mentality. Govinda dasi finally felt it was as bad as if she had actually

eaten grains, so she fasted entirely for the rest of the day.

 

 

 

 

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> Text COM:3053920 (10 lines)

> Olivia Weiss RVSD

> 01-Mar-00 11:55

> (Bhakta) Eduard (Wiesbaden - D)

> For: bona fide yes or no?

> Now I wonder if it's ok to give *karmis* grains on Ekadasi.

> Any comments?