Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisances...
Can anyone tell me the complete rules for Papamochani Ekadasi fasting?
And yesterday, while fasting, I ate one tofu... I didn't know that it was made from soy bean... I also plucked some Tulsi leaves yesterday for offer to the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Personality of Godhead... Will the Supreme Personality of Godhead forgive me for eating it and plucking Tulsi leaves yesterday?
I saw in a website that we should pluck Tulsi leaves a day before Papamochani Ekadasi to offer to the Supreme Lord... Please enlighten me with the knowledge of the rules of Papamochani Ekadasi...
Your humble servant,
Kavenesh
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If you had to offer tulasi leaves you should pluck before day itself. As tulasi mata ji also would be doing vrata
we shouldn't distrub her and hurt her. Next day after ekadashi thats dwadashi day. .. even that day you shouldn't pluck tulasi leaves you need to give her rest that day.
And NEVER EAT TULASI leaves. If possible swallow them.
Hare Krishna.
Lord says in BG.-
saha-jam karma kaunteya
sa-dosam api na tyajet
sarvarambha hi dosena
dhumenagnir ivavrtah
Every endeavor is covered by some sort of fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work which is born of his nature, O son of Kunti, even if such work is full of fault.
There are several rules to be followed while observing any Ekadashi, not just papamochani Ekadashi. There are different ways to observe Ekadashi fast and they are as follows:
1. Nirjala: The one in which you do not even consume water. So no water, no fruits, no milk, and no grains. In short, you are consuming nothing when you are observing this fast. I think the only legit thing which you can consume is air!!
2. Falari: This is where you can consume milk and fruits and nothing else. So you can consume solid as well as liquid food items but it shouldn't contain grains.
3. Sajala: In this case, you are allowed to consume water, juices or anything liquid but nothing which contains grains. Also, you cannot consume fruits in this case.
If you are unable to sustain the vrat in any of the above forms mentioned, then, in that case, you can consume water, milk, fruits, nuts, and potato.
If you are initiated then, in that case, you cannot shave, neither cut your nails nor you can sleep during day time on ekadashi.
There is no need, in particular, to pluck Tulasi leaves since you can pray to Tulasi Mata and give water and do puja since Tulasi also is a plant and it has life as well. Having said that, yes you can serve Tulasi leaf to Lord Vishnu but yes it should be done one to two days prior to Ekadashi.
I might have missed some important points but I believe other devotees will answer and enlighten both of us regarding the same. Below is the complete list of foods that you can consume and what one needs to avoid.
Foods you can consume on Ekadashi :
All fruits (fresh and dried)
All nuts
Oils made from nuts - coconut, olives, etc.
Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkin
Cucumber
Radish
Squash
Lemon
Avocado
Olives
Coconut
Buckwheat
Sugar
Black Pepper
Fresh Salt
Fresh Turmeric
Foods which cannot be consumed :
NOT Allowed Grains:
Millet
Barley
Wheat
Farina
Dalia
Pasta
Rice
Corn
All Types of Dahl
All types of flour made from grains and beans
Idly, Chapati, Dosa, Macaroni
Like Rice Flour, Chickpea Flour, Urad Dahl Flour, etc.
Starches from Corn
Products made from and mixed with these starches
Like Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Certain Soft Drinks
Custard
Certain Yogurts
Puddings
Cream Cheese
Sweets
Candies
Tapioca
NOT Allowed Vegetables:
Tomatoes
Eggplants
Cauliflower
Lettuce
Broccoli
Bellpepper
Peas
Chickpeas
Chia seeds
All Types of Beans
Including products made from beans
Papadams, Tofu, Tempeh, Grain Beverages, etc.
Honey
NOT Allowed Leafy Vegetables:
Spinach
Salads
Cabbages
Leafy Herbs
Like Parsley
Curry Leaves
Neem Leaves, etc.
NOT Allowed Indian Vegetables:
Karela (Bitter Lemon)
Loki
Parmal
Toroi
Kunli
Drumsticks
Okra (Lady Fingers)
Banana Flower
NOT Allowed Spices:
Sesame Seeds
Cumin Seeds
Hing
Fenugreek
Mustard Seeds
Tamarind
Fennel
Celery
Poppy Seeds
Kalonji Seeds
Ajwain Seeds
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Cloves
NOT Allowed Oils:
Corn Oil
Mustard Oil
Sesame Oil etc.
NOT Allowed Products fried in these Oils:
Nuts
Potato Chips
Certain Snack Foods
NOT Allowed to eat FOREVER as they are extremely, extremely and extremely dangerous to Sadhana
Onions
Garlic
Meat
Fish
Eggs
Carrots or products thereof
but onion and garlic and meat is strict no no for all devotees in general.
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