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Question: Is fasting nirjalā on every Ekādaśī a standard we can aspire to rise to? Or is it too much austerity that makes the heart hard. Please guide us.

Guru Maharaj: I was chanting 32 rounds a day. I thought this would be pleasing to Śrīla Prabhupāda, but he told me that I should chant 16 rounds and go and preach. If I don’t preach, stay in the temple all day chanting, who will preach? So Śrīla Prabhupāda put more...
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