Hare krishna to all....... accept my humble obeisances.
jai sri radhamadanmohan ki jai.............. all glories to prabhupada.....
Acc to our rules we have to fast on ekadasis. but one of my friend asked(he also devotee) me in total baghavadgita krishna doesn't say and use even fasting word. for him some people said like "no need to fast on all these just remember every sec and serve him .. krishna never said fast for me i ll pleased" like this................
what answer i have to give for them???????
please guide me......... i said Mura story.
Hare krishna
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I would like to add that, especially if you are a newbie, please focus on Sankirtana.
Avoid people who tell you Sankirtana is not really important.
Keeping Ekadasi is not nearly as important as Sankirtana.
Bheema only kept 1 Ekadasi a year, Nirjala Ekadasi to get the benefits of keeping all ekadasis.
You need to fast from grains only. Meaning you cannot eat rice, wheat, channa, dal, soya and other pulses
You can eat milk products, potato, sabudana (tapioca?),
No soya but nuts like almonds, cashews are ok because they are not grains.
On Ekadasi, simply by avoiding grains you can acquire good karma.
This arrangement was made by Krishna upon request of Narad Muni mainly to help the ones in hell, a way for them to acquire good karma simply by avoiding grains on Ekadasi so they can eventually escape hell.
We too can benefit from this law by avoiding grains on that day or acquire sin simply by eating grains on Ekadasi day.
Jai Shri Krishna..
You have done enough and it's up to them to improve their position in Krishna Consciousness.