Guest guest Report post Posted April 5, 2004 Why do Krishna devotees not fast on Hanuman jayanti? Is it because Hanuman is 'just a son of a demigod'? But isn't Hanuman a pure devotee of Rama - hence pure devotee of Krishna? What considerations do you take into account when fasting? What happens on Poonam - no fasting? What is the real significance of Ekadashi? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Pankaja_Dasa 1 Report post Posted April 6, 2004 I don't have time to answer everything, but there is no law saying you can't fast on Sri Hanuman Jayanti, frankly the way you asked was not very nice, so maybe thats why nobody replyed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 6, 2004 Why do Krishna devotees not fast on Hanuman jayanti? ..there are holidays everyday, appearances and disappearances.. it is not disrespect, one has to choose. But what is done at organization level does not matter too much, if you are a krsna devote and hanumanji is very dear to you, you can fast and that day devote more time to spiritual realization... no problem Is it because Hanuman is 'just a son of a demigod'? ..being a son of demigod is not a shame... hanumanji is a great devote of bhagavan sri ramachandra and he is to be higly respected But isn't Hanuman a pure devotee of Rama - hence pure devotee of Krishna? ..of course, great devotee What considerations do you take into account when fasting? ..fasting is not important in itself, in gaudya vaishnava sampradaya we fast completely only one day.. sri janmastami... the good of fasting is not in itself, but because in that auspicious day one spends less time for the body and more for spiritual soul What happens on Poonam - no fasting? ..i do not know what's poonam.. kindly please xplain to me What is the real significance of Ekadashi? ..it is a very auspicious day when spiritual activities are more effective.. so it is worth to spend no time or less time (making simple foods with no grains and legumes) cooking and eating, and more on scriptures, japa, kirtan and so on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jahnava Nitai Das 2 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 The number of pure devotees in the universe is unlimited, thus if one wants to fast for each one will not be able to eat at all. Our tradition is to fast on the appearance days of Vishnu's avatars, as well as on the appearance day of our four purva-acharyas (four immediate gurus). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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