Why do we fast on Ekadashi & What are the Benefits? | By Swami Purnachaitanya

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Swami Purnachaitanya talks about the custom of fasting on the eleventh day of every fortnight of the lunar calendar (Ekadashi), which is followed by many people in India and many across the world as well. He shares more about the significance, the logic behind it, the benefits, and some do's and don'ts with respect to the Ekadashi fast. For all details, watch the video till the end!
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Комментарии • 104

  • @arunachalampappu
    @arunachalampappu 3 года назад +42

    I have been fasting for the last 8 years on all ekadashi's.

    • @jayathapa8409
      @jayathapa8409 2 года назад

      Have u felt a change in yourself

    • @bigtownboy8505
      @bigtownboy8505 2 года назад +1

      @@jayathapa8409 nothing benefits thats why didn't replied to your comments.

    • @drbeachcomber5676
      @drbeachcomber5676 Год назад +1

      ​@@bigtownboy8505The fact that he's doing since 8 yrs itself is an achievement. Control over mind, control of urges....

  • @TheGoodfella2012
    @TheGoodfella2012 5 лет назад +42

    Been doing Ekadashi fasts twice a month for about 9 months. Great thing to do.

  • @shrutisingh8903
    @shrutisingh8903 Год назад +7

    Love how people around the world are drawn to our scientific culture ❤🥺

  • @sureshkhandelwal3497
    @sureshkhandelwal3497 5 лет назад +31

    I am from India and inspired by your scientific explanation and today doing ekadashi fast.

    • @namamipande1436
      @namamipande1436 3 года назад +1

      Can anyone do Ekadashi fast?

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад

      @@namamipande1436 what do you mean?

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад +1

      @@namamipande1436 between 8 and 80 everyone who is able it's wise to avoid food on EKADASI so as to spend the day in Bhakti to Bhagavan. Unless one has serious health issues. If one can not go without water, then have water, if not just water then have just fruit, and if not just fruit, have raw milk from Indian cow only, but not at the same time as eating fruit, and if still too hard have one meal in evening, but no grains or beans. The ritual of fasting is to free the body and mind so as to focus more on japa. HARIBOL ! Namaskar 🙏🏽💜🕉️

    • @namamipande1436
      @namamipande1436 3 года назад +2

      @@johnbishop9000 thank you brother

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад

      @@namamipande1436 your welcome brother. Pranams 🙏🏽💜🕉️

  • @saurabhnagarkar654
    @saurabhnagarkar654 6 лет назад +27

    Fortunate to have been born in India.

  • @nrg16108
    @nrg16108 3 года назад +4

    Ekadasi Ki Jaya! All glories to this auspicious day! Lord Sri Krsna advises everyone to fast on Ekadasi!

  • @Dhani0707
    @Dhani0707 Год назад +2

    Am just 18 years old.. and started doing fasting on every ekadashi
    It’s been 4 months I am doing this
    Especially I feel more positively on the fasting day
    Hope lord Vishnu will help me ❤

  • @parulupreti7169
    @parulupreti7169 4 года назад +8

    Thank you swamiji for the scientific knowledge , I was just thinking to start ekadashi vrat and here I found your video.

  • @miraomanwar5761
    @miraomanwar5761 3 года назад +4

    Thank you very much Swamiji for the benefits of fasting on the ekadhashi 🙏🎉🙏 Jai gurudev 🙏 I will make sure I fast on ekadhashi from now on
    🙏👍🎉🙏 your every word is so divine full of wisdom and knowledge 🙏🎉🙏

  • @aparnakulkarni1640
    @aparnakulkarni1640 3 года назад +2

    Jai Gurudev Swamiji!! Very well explained the importance of Ekadashi!! I was doing it for few months by just drinking water but then stopped. I will start again with coming Ekadashi on 23rd April and also chant VISHNUSAHASTRANAM!! Thank you so much!!

  • @TheWanessagalvao
    @TheWanessagalvao 5 лет назад +13

    Thank u so much for your explanation! Love from Brasil!

  • @anilkumarsc5846
    @anilkumarsc5846 Год назад

    am indian hindu, I was unaware of this, great to know from foreign hindu bigg pranaam 🙏

  • @saritathapa3872
    @saritathapa3872 4 месяца назад

    Was introduced to you through your podcast with beerbiceps and i feel so grateful to universe that i came across you . your gyaan and perception of the spirituality is so good and resonate with mine too

  • @iconrocks
    @iconrocks 5 лет назад +2

    the land of wisdom,guru's,and spiritual .#love India# long live sanathadaramam .

  • @vidhyab1036
    @vidhyab1036 4 года назад +2

    Thank you Gurujee.. explanation was so good.. even I'll be ekadashi fasting..

  • @vidhyakatkar
    @vidhyakatkar 3 года назад

    Tomorrow is ashadi ekadashi. From 2mrw I'm gonna follow fasting on ekadashis. Thanku for sharing such knowledge

  • @marcmaclellan3503
    @marcmaclellan3503 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful explanation for me to understand as want to fast twice a month, and having this to do will be delightful.Hope to understand more of the hindu way of life.

  • @Lallissamayalarai
    @Lallissamayalarai 3 года назад +2

    Thank you Swamiji!🙏

  • @indiradowlut7318
    @indiradowlut7318 5 лет назад +2

    Very gud scientific and spiritual explanation of fasting swami ji ......Thanks from the bottom of the heart 🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏🙏

  • @shruti3730
    @shruti3730 3 года назад +1

    I like your knowledge and way explaining things in a well manner

  • @sudhadharwadkar7415
    @sudhadharwadkar7415 3 года назад +1

    JAi Gurudev Swamiji
    Nice explanation

  • @kasireddy9889
    @kasireddy9889 8 дней назад

    CFBR ❤

  • @ramramprasad6800
    @ramramprasad6800 4 года назад +1

    Nice explanation, The moon also holds the earth in balance. Despite all this, companies such as Moonexpress plant to mine the moon

  • @Noa.Shakti
    @Noa.Shakti 4 года назад +2

    Happy Amalaki Ekadashi 🙏

  • @charismasamaroo4090
    @charismasamaroo4090 3 месяца назад

    Great explanation 👌

  • @TheSoudamini
    @TheSoudamini 3 года назад +2

    inspiring, thanks.

  • @macsainteis
    @macsainteis 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful! Clear, concise and thorough... :) Blessings upon you!

  • @miriammaru
    @miriammaru 2 года назад

    Now I understand... THANK YOU!

  • @TheRanand
    @TheRanand 3 года назад +1

    Iam fasting today

  • @bhavanithillai
    @bhavanithillai Год назад

    Wow 🤩
    Beautifully 🎉Explained Swamiji
    Thanks & Pranams 🙏

  • @drprashanthmds
    @drprashanthmds 3 года назад +1

    very nice explanation swamiji

  • @yamilas.maffioly9045
    @yamilas.maffioly9045 6 месяцев назад

    Gracias❤

  • @babukhokan9970
    @babukhokan9970 Год назад

    Thanks for advice a special day

  • @boseashish
    @boseashish 9 месяцев назад

    Please accept my pranam

  • @fatimario8626
    @fatimario8626 6 лет назад +2

    JGD! Swami please, traduccion, spanish, en español..por favor, Gracias!! JGD!

  • @yuvashreem900
    @yuvashreem900 3 года назад +2

    In which ekadesi is effective? Either new moon ekadesi Or full moon ekadesi?

  • @mayurnayudu3376
    @mayurnayudu3376 2 года назад

    Dhanyavadham swamiji.

  • @vijayalakshmis1610
    @vijayalakshmis1610 3 года назад

    Thank you for your explanation. Greatest

  • @sarthakjoshi9824
    @sarthakjoshi9824 4 года назад +1

    Vegetables which grow on plant are not allowed to eat like leafy veggies and plants whoch grow inside soil like potato are allowed to eat. Fruits are allowed

  • @mandiradasmusic1
    @mandiradasmusic1 5 лет назад +7

    Today is ekadashi... Going for it

    • @namelessmonster4857
      @namelessmonster4857 3 года назад +1

      You commented that 1 year ago and it's ekadashi today

    • @kroosrooban1118
      @kroosrooban1118 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@namelessmonster4857Today is ekadashi 2024

  • @pespsijackson3958
    @pespsijackson3958 2 года назад

    im ready

  • @vishalakshi6140
    @vishalakshi6140 4 года назад

    What are the points that we should keep in mind for ekadashi? Sun moon and earth are in one line for whole day??

  • @pratibhaupreti2019
    @pratibhaupreti2019 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @sanjayramkissoon6136
    @sanjayramkissoon6136 Год назад

    Will start 2023 with fasting

  • @emmaliduncan5744
    @emmaliduncan5744 4 дня назад

    Lee Laura Miller Anthony Clark Anna

  • @pratimasandhyaa5202
    @pratimasandhyaa5202 Год назад

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @seelmett
    @seelmett 4 года назад +1

    Is there any religious connection between Ekadashi fasting and oue elders who have passed away.

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад

      Papankusha - Ekadasi
      Yudhishthira maharaj said, Oh Madhusudana, what is the name of the Ekadasii that comes during the light fortnight of the month of Ashvina (September - October)? Please be merciful and disclose this truth to me." The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna replied,..,..................
      "O Maharaj Yudhishthira, protector of the earth, after observing Ekadasi during the daytime, the devotee should remain awake through the night, absorbed in hearing, chanting and serving the lord - for by so doing he easily attains to the Supreme abode of Lord Vishnu. Not only that, but ten generations of ancestors on his mother's side, ten generations on his father's side, and ten generations on his wife's side are all liberated by a single observance of a fast on this Ekadasi. All these ancestors attain their original, four armed transcendental Vaikuntha forms. Wearing yellow garments and beautiful garlands, they ride to the spiritual realm on the back of Garuda, the renown great enemy of the snakes. This is the benediction My devotee earns simply by observing one Papankusha Ekadasi properly................................

  • @Marginal391
    @Marginal391 3 года назад +1

    Thank you, but no food at all and no water on Ekadashi for me :-).

  • @patnambabuprasad4387
    @patnambabuprasad4387 3 года назад +1

    Swami ji
    Can a boy of 16 years (me) fast on ekadashi days ?
    Since this age is growing period .. won't it affect my body growth?

    • @vijayalakshmidamerla3337
      @vijayalakshmidamerla3337 3 года назад +1

      Anyone in the age group of 8 to 80 can fast . Fasting will have Avery positive effect on your body and mind too.If you can't fast fully, you can have fruits and nuts

  • @namamipande1436
    @namamipande1436 3 года назад +1

    Can anyone do Ekadashi fast?

  • @prasensinhdesai1755
    @prasensinhdesai1755 4 года назад

    Very nice sir

  • @HKHKKKHHHRHRRRHHforever
    @HKHKKKHHHRHRRRHHforever Год назад

    Is there a need for fasting if I eat twice a day?

  • @alyssae1819
    @alyssae1819 2 года назад

    It’s only one day ? I thought we are supposed to fast for ekadashi and three days after

  • @mikeaaron2819
    @mikeaaron2819 Год назад

    If he’s a Swami I’m an Avatar

  • @gauravdani26
    @gauravdani26 4 года назад +1

    How to fast?

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад

      You just stop eating. After that be careful with what and how you start eating.

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад

      No food or water after lunch day before Ekadasi and during Ekadasi, break-fast between the first two hours from sunset the morning after Ekadasi.

  • @raysatyakamadevajyoti7986
    @raysatyakamadevajyoti7986 3 года назад

    Pranam swamiji.. may I ask where is your Ashram... How can I meet you

  • @nonigopal3730
    @nonigopal3730 4 года назад

    হরেকৃষ্ণ

  • @beingsiddhartha413
    @beingsiddhartha413 4 года назад +1

    Swami ji
    Ekadaaahi is done for how many days ...

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад +1

      One.

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад +1

      No food or water after lunch day before, and during Ekadasi, break-fast between the first two hours from sunset the morning after Ekadasi.

  • @ishachablani7517
    @ishachablani7517 Год назад

    I prefer not to eat anything on the day of fasting, sometimes not even water and this fast isn’t just for that day also for the whole night you break it the next morning!

  • @yamunas6707
    @yamunas6707 3 года назад

    Sir how to chant names of narayan

    • @johnbishop9000
      @johnbishop9000 3 года назад

      HARE KṚṢṆA HARE KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA KṚṢṆA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
      ruclips.net/video/sZttCMUaPVs/видео.html

  • @zzh2939
    @zzh2939 Год назад

    🙏🌞👍👍👍

  • @vogamadrid207
    @vogamadrid207 3 года назад

    We should do a ekadasi whatsapp group

  • @noonenowhere6920
    @noonenowhere6920 3 месяца назад

    Upavasa

  • @subhasishdas8557
    @subhasishdas8557 Год назад

    You look very beautiful.

  • @akshatsharma07
    @akshatsharma07 6 лет назад

    How to get rid of procrastination?

    • @ritikarai5600
      @ritikarai5600 5 лет назад +1

      Just by getting into action😄I'm replying because I also suffer from this procastination problem. Now I know the solution still I procrastinate😂 I feel we are not doing what we r interested at thatswhy we procrastinate

    • @SwamiPurnachaitanya
      @SwamiPurnachaitanya  4 года назад +3

      Be committed, have a goal and move towards it.

  • @trem876
    @trem876 3 года назад +1

    Why is he putting on an accent?

  • @featherweight6786
    @featherweight6786 Год назад

    why does it feel like his accent isnt real? im sorry

  • @lauravelasquez5397
    @lauravelasquez5397 5 лет назад +7

    Why the indian accent?

    • @ifimaybuttouchhisgarmentis1618
      @ifimaybuttouchhisgarmentis1618 4 года назад

      Jesus Christ is calling you ALL to open your hearts and turn from this seducing spirit. CHRIST is the only being that can give you never ending hope , joy, love & EVER LASTING LIFE. His Kingdom awaits. Will you let him into your heart? ❤️

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад

      @@ifimaybuttouchhisgarmentis1618 "and turn from this seducing spirit" what do you mean please?

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад

      Because he lived long time there.

  • @martaballabrigabotella440
    @martaballabrigabotella440 5 лет назад +7

    Hahah why do you talk the indian accent?

    • @SwamiPurnachaitanya
      @SwamiPurnachaitanya  5 лет назад +12

      Probably because I spent a lot of time in India... :-)

    • @hiabhi4011
      @hiabhi4011 5 лет назад +4

      Accept fully. Whether knowledge or. Accent

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 3 года назад

      @@hiabhi4011 no judging in any way ...

  • @abdurhmanmohammed5122
    @abdurhmanmohammed5122 Год назад

    هذا الكلام لا يصدقه ولا يسمعه الا المغيبون في متاهات التحريف والتخريف والتزيف هذا الرجل واحد من رسل الكذب والدجل والطاغوت الشيطان الرجيم اللعين ، أخزاه الله في الدنيا والاخرة ، كفانا شر هذا الرجل وشر من كان مثله ، حفظكم الله من كل مكروه وضر وشر ، طبتم وطابت أيامكم .

  • @mrsbhagchandani
    @mrsbhagchandani 4 года назад +1

    A white guy with an Indian accent.

  • @astitvawashere
    @astitvawashere 2 года назад

    🙏

  • @akashkp8707
    @akashkp8707 5 месяцев назад

    🙏🙏🙏❤