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03 Sep to 31 Oct 2020 | Third Month of Caturmasya

Third month: No milk

Caturmasya stands for ‘four months’. It is the period between sayana and uttana ekadasis. The scriptures refer to this period as the duration of Lord Visnu’s sleep in this universe.

The main goal of observing Caturmasya is to decrease attachment to material things and to increase devotion to Krishna.

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18 Sept to 16 Oct 2020 | Purushottam Month

Adhik-Maas or Purushottam Maas is the extra Lunar month that occurs every 3 years 3 months and this month is considered to be very auspicious and dear to Lord Krishna.

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Special Vaishnava Bhajans Sung in Purushottama Mass

During this Purusottama mass devotees perform following austerities/activities :

1) Chant more numbers of rounds than regular days. 18-24-32-48-64 etc

2) Complete your fix chanting rounds in Brahmamuhurta (Before 7am.)

3) Sleep on floor (with proper bedding).

4) Get up before sunrise and take bath.

5) Attend as many as mangala arati in temple.

6) Follow celibacy (Brahmacharya) for month.

7) Offer ghee lamp to Lord 1 or 2 times in day and sing/hear Brahma Samita.

8) Read and Meditate on Bala-Lila from Krishna book, Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam.

9) Do minimum 1 or 3 parikarama of temple daily/whenever you visit Temple and/or minimum 1 parikrama to pilgrimage once during vrata.

10) Visit Dham and take bath in Holy Kunda or River.

11) Eat regular meal but ones in day, afternoon time or evening time. (Health should not be compromise on the name of austerity.)

12) Avoid oil in food. Use ghee.

13) Give donation to temple as per your capacity.

14) Do some fix service/seva in temple as per your capacity/capability.

"Now we have got so many students and so many temples but I am fearful that if we expand too much in this way that we shall become weakened and gradually the whole thing will become lost. Just like milk. We may thin it more and more with water for cheating the customer, but in the end it will cease to be any longer milk. Better to boil the milk now very vigorously and make it thick and sweet, that is the best process. So let us concentrate on training our devotees very thoroughly in the knowledge of Krishna Consciousness from our books, from tapes, and in so many ways instruct them in the right propositions." - letter June 22, 1972 by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder acharya of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

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