Devout followers of the Hare Krishna tradition are used to the idea of enthusiastically celebrating their spirituality through chanting, dancing and feasting! The feasting is such an important part of our tradition, that we have become known as the “kitchen religion”!
Now every fortnight, we observe Ekadasi, a day of prayer and meditation. On this day we fast (or simplify our meals and abstain from grains and beans), and spend extra time reading the scriptures and chanting the auspicious Hare Krishna mantra.
Once a year, we honour Pandava-Nirjala Ekadasi wherein, on this auspicious day, devotees do a complete fast from all food, even from water! Tomorrow is Pandava-Nirjala Ekadasi – stomachs beware!!!
To help encourage many of our ISKCON Toronto Blog followers during their Nirjala Ekadasi fast, we will be posting a chat window tomorrow so that devotees can stay in touch with each other and encourage each other as we observe this day of complete fast!
The chat window will be launched at 12:00am EST!