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Question: Regarding Purushottama vrata, what was Srila Prabhupada’s instruction regarding havishanna?

Guru Maharaj: I don’t know particularly about Purushottama vrata. In regard to the Damodara vrata or Catur masya, he used to criticize that the Gaudiya Matt people grew beards but they did not do any dietary restrictions. He said if they do the vrata, eating...

Question: What is the standard of austerity which we should observe during this Purushottama month?

Guru Maharaj: It is recommended that we should rise early in the morning, take bath in the holy river. Since you cannot do that in many places of the world, you can chant Ganga! Ganga! Ganga! Three times which is equivalent to bathing in the Ganges. Take Krishna...

Question: How do we follow Purushottama month? Are there any prescribed activities to follow, and what should we do and what should we avoid?

Guru Maharaj: Of course, for devotees, what we normally do is sufficient. Last three nights, I have been hearing the puranic prescriptions of the Purushottama month. So, there are different prescriptions. One thing is that one should not use mustard oil the whole...
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