Ekadasi Restricted Food

Please take darshan of the most beautiful Sri Sri Radha Govindji of Nigdi Temple
Pune and on extreme right is Sri Sri Radha Vijay Govindji.
Foods those are restricted during Ekadashi From the Book Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah
Ekadashi Mahatmya The Glories of Ekadashi by Srila Vyasdeva translated by Bhumipati Dasa and
Edited by Pundarika Vidyanidhi Dasa.
Tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflower, broccoli, bellpepper.
Peas, chickpeas and all types of beans including products made from beans ( papadams, tofu,
tempeh, grain beverages etc)
Indian vegetable Karele (bitter lemon), loki (Water groud) parmal, toroi, kunli, drumsticks, okra (Lady
fingers), babana flower
All leafy vegetables Spinach, salads, cabbages and leafy herbs like parsley, curry leaves, neem
leaves etc.
Grains millet, barley, farina, dalia, pasta, rice, corn, all types of dahl and all types of flour made from
grains and beans (like rice flour, chickpea flour, urad dalh flour etc)
Starches from corns or grains and products made from and mixed with these starches like- baking
soda, baking powder, certain soft drinks, custard, certain yogurts, puddings, cream cheese, sweets,
candies and tapioca- balls.
Oils made from grains corn oil, mustard oil, sesame oil etc and products fried in these oils nuts,
potato chips certain snack foods.
Honey Do not use any cooking ingredients that might be mixed with grains, such as ghee that has
been used to fry puris, or spices touched by hands dusted with chapatti flour.
Spices that are used on Ekadashi are turmeric, black pepper, ginger and rock salt (salt taken from a
new or clean package)
Foods that can be taken in Ekadashi All fruits (fresh and dried), all nuts and oils made from nuts.
Potatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, radish, squash (but no loki), green papaya, lemon, jackfruit, avocado,
olives, coconut, buckwheat, all sugars, all milk products.
As per His Holiness Kavicandra Swami Maharaj

"Srila Prabhupada said no grains no beans.

In my opinion the others are voluntary, not mandatory. "

Your servant,
Kavicandra Swami

Abandoning all meritorious performances serve Me with faith. The realization
will correspond to the nature of one's faith. The people of the world act
ceaselessly in pursuance of some ideal. By meditating on Me by means of
those deeds one will obtain devotion characterized by love in the shape of the
supreme service.
Brahma samhita. 5.61
One needs to be careful in observing the Ekadashi, one must chant more, read Holy Scriptures,
participate in Kirtan etc on Ekadashi days and avoid eating grains totally. Also should take minimum
Prasad on the Ekadashi day so as the time saved in eating can be utilized in KC, if one can do nirjala
fasting on all Ekadashis then its good as that's the standard. Actually one is supposed to avoid eating
grains in the evening a day before the Ekadashi and then eat only fruits / nuts / milk / milk products
and not something heavy on Ekadashi day and then should do all night Kirtan on the Ekadashi night
and then break the fast the next day in the time prescribed for breaking the fast.
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