Hare Krishna.
Is there a book that could tell me details on foods to avoid as krishna devotee and also the prayers and routine to be followed every day?
I understand that we should avoid onion and garlic apart from eggs and meat. But i would like to know about other ingredients if any?
I also would like to know about foods to avoid on Ekadashi and when to break fast. I read somewhere that you always break fast on the following day and should be awake the whole night of ekadashi? is it true??
Little guidance would be very helpful.
Jai Gauranga Jai Nitai!!
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Hare Krsna,
the main things are meat, eggs, onion/garlic and CAFFEINE and chocolate including soft drinks, watch out for gelatine (hooves and bones from slaughtered animals) in sweets and yoghurt, rennet (stomach from slaughtered animals) in cheese, carmines (red colour from insects) found in milk shakes. The higher taste is a good little book it gives you good instructions on clean food and lots of recipes.
Jai Jai
Common Forbidden Foods
These include meat, fish, eggs, onions, mushrooms, garlic, masur-dal (red lentils), burned rice, white eggplant, hemp (marijuana), citron, saps from trees (if not boiled first), buffalo and goat milk products, and milk with salt in it. Also, one should not offer canned or frozen foods to the deity, and it is best to avoid offering foods containing unhealthy substances such as yeast and white sugar.
Srila Prabhupada comments:
“Frozen means nasty. I never take frozen…. All rotten, rather the same vegetable, as we have got in India practice, we dry it and keep it. That is tasteful.”
“So far the cucumber pickles: As far as possible we should not offer to the deity things which are prepared by nondevotees. We can accept from them raw fruits, grains, or similar raw things. So far cooking and preparing, that should be strictly limited to the initiated devotees. And aside from this, vinegar is not good; it is tamasic, in the darkness, nasty food.”
“Concerning the use of sour cream in the temple, it should be stopped immediately. Nothing should be offered to the Deities which is purchased in the stores. Things produced by the karmis should not be offered to Radha-Krishna. Icecream, if you can prepare, is O.K., but not otherwise.”
“Unpolished rice which looks like brown can be used… We do not mind polished or unpolished, but doubly-boiled [siddha rice] mustn’t be used. Doubly-boiled rice is considered impure. Sunbaked rice (atapa) is all right.”
“Soya beans and lentils are unofferable.”
“Regarding purchasing things in the market, these items are considered as purified when we pay the price for them. That is the general instruction. But when we know something is adulterated, we should avoid it. But unknowingly if something is purchased, that is not our fault. Things which are suspicious, however, should be avoided.”
“No, it is not very good to use yeast in preparing prasadam.”
“Since it is offensive to offer anything to Krsna that He will not accept, one should be extremely cautious not to offer (or eat) anything questionable.”
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my humble obeisances dear Devotees,
Mataji, You can also read more about Ekadashi on this link http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/page/ekadashi-1
You can also find here communities about recipies also see web site www.totalveg.com
Your servant,