[Advaita-l] Importance of ekAdashi vrata (upavAsa) in smartha sampradaya

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Subbu ji

But dwadasa pārane in mathas is always welcome if it’s there!!. 😊

As they say the way to a man’s heart is through the stomach.

ISKCON people would come to our hostels and offer delicious  “Krishna
prasāda” even to skeptical students and the logic preferred was “eating
prasāda purifies the mind”!!    It helps…. :)

Om

Raghav



On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 12:24 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 8:56 AM Sathya Hadadi via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaskara,
> >
> > 1. Please help me to understand the importance of ekAdashi vrata
> (upavAsa)
> > in smartha sampradaya. Any reference to text will be appreciated.
> > 2. Why none of the sankara matt offers dvadashi paarane (lunch at matt to
> > break ekAdashi upavasa)?
> >
>
> In the Smarta tradition Ekadasi is not strictly imposed.  It is a voluntary
> observation. Acharyas give advisory and extoll the benefit of the vrata at
> the same time leaving the practice to the choice of the practitioner. The
> ythāashakti nyāya is what is advocated: Nirjala ekadasi is the highest,
> those who can't do that can do with fruit and milk or some dish not made of
> rice to the extent possible. Hence, the dvādaśi paraṇe is not any affair in
> Smarta sampradaya.
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sathya
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