[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.79,0:00:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told today’s Ekādaśī. Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.04,0:00:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Mahārāj mentioned\Nthat Saraswatī Ṭhākur Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.96,0:00:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave some mundane aspects of Ekādaśī,\Nand some divine aspects. Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.08,0:00:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The Science of Fasting] Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.48,0:00:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the mundane side of things, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.43,0:00:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discussed this a little earlier today: Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.24,0:00:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the influence of the moon. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.12,0:00:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot deny\Nthat there are lunar influences. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.05,0:00:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially women cannot deny\Nthat there are lunar influences. Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.01,0:00:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know this thing is affecting Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.50,0:00:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their psycho-emotional state, we can say. Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.46,0:00:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a verifiable sort of thing. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.89,0:00:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Saraswatī Ṭhākur is saying, Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.59,0:00:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this time, the rasa in the body,\Nthere's a greater flow. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.64,0:00:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So part of fasting is to create a balance, Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.46,0:01:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the enjoying tendency is stronger\Nat this time by eating food. Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.67,0:01:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either fasting, or eating foods\Nthat are non-stimulating, Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.86,0:01:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’ll keep the balance\Nof the aspiring servitor Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.55,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let them stay focused on serving. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.94,0:01:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still that’s a mundane aspect of it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.61,0:01:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's interesting, like\Nbiological type information. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.77,0:01:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he says something deeper\Nand more profound, Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.03,0:01:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just as our tendency for enjoyment\Nis greater at this time, Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.20,0:01:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Reality, in the Supreme Reality, Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.100,0:01:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kṛṣṇa’s tendency for enjoyment\Nis greater at this time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.22,0:01:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is why the devotees Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.65,0:01:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are sacrificing a part of themselves, Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.37,0:01:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering their energy to Kṛṣṇa\Nfor His enjoyment.