Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja THE POWERS OF AN EKADASI FAMILY [An eye-opening first-time-published discourse, given in Badger, California, on June 20, 1998:] Today is Ekadasi. I have discussed about before that we have eleven (ekadasa is the Sanskrit word for eleven) senses including the mind. By Ekadasi, we will always want to be near to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [On the previous Ekadasi, which was June 5th, Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja said, “This is called upa (near)-vasa (residing).” Upavasa is generally taken to mean ‘fasting,’ but here Srila Maharaja is giving the deeper meaning - ed.] If all of our senses are serving the Supreme Lord, the mind is remembering Him, the ears are hearing His hari-katha, the eyes are seeing the Deities, the head is offering obeisance to the Bhagavatam, the devotees, and the Deities, the hands are performing arcana,the tongue is speaking hari-katha and singing kirtana, the feet are walking here – this is now a strong