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We're told today’s Ekādaśī.

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Guru Mahārāj mentioned
that Saraswatī Ṭhākur

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gave some mundane aspects of Ekādaśī,
and some divine aspects.

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[The Science of Fasting]

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On the mundane side of things,

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we discussed this a little earlier today:

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the influence of the moon.

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We cannot deny
that there are lunar influences.

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Especially women cannot deny
that there are lunar influences.

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They know this thing is affecting

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their psycho-emotional state, we can say.

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It’s a verifiable sort of thing.

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So Saraswatī Ṭhākur is saying,

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at this time, the rasa in the body,
there's a greater flow.

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So part of fasting is to create a balance,

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because the enjoying tendency is stronger
at this time by eating food.

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Either fasting, or eating foods
that are non-stimulating,

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it’ll keep the balance
of the aspiring servitor

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and let them stay focused on serving.

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But still that’s a mundane aspect of it.

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It's interesting, like
biological type information.

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But then he says something deeper
and more profound,

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that just as our tendency for enjoyment
is greater at this time,

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in the Reality, in the Supreme Reality,

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Kṛṣṇa’s tendency for enjoyment
is greater at this time.

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So this is why the devotees

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are sacrificing a part of themselves,

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offering their energy to Kṛṣṇa
for His enjoyment.