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Question: I have a humble clarification. From tomorrow the Pañcarāti-vrata is recommended to follow during this Puruṣottama month. Could you please elaborate on this? How to follow this?

Guru Maharaj: So we know that in the Bhīṣma Pañcaka, there are three fasts recommended. That one can do the pañca-gavya, or second, fruits and roots or, third is the haviśyanna. Which included fruits and roots and some milk products and some grains. But I was reading...

Question: We are very soon near to Puruṣottama month. What kind of service and sevā will please Śrī Śrī Rādhā Mādhava and you Gurudeva?

Jayapatākā Swami:. In the Puruṣottama month Kṛṣṇa has accepted this month as non different from Himself. So on the CDM website we are going to publish all the things that you can do in Puruṣottama month. In the Dāmodara month, you get hundred times benefit. But in the...

Question: During Purushottama month if we are not consuming grains, then how do we open Ekādaśī fast?

Guru Maharaj: I don’t know why you don’t take grains during Purushottam month? You should take Kṛiṣhṇa prasādam during the Purushottam month. But if one is only taking fruit, on Ekādaśī, you can do a complete fast. This Ekadashi is especially powerful and the first...

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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