[Nectar] Purushottam Masa observance
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Vijaya Baladeva das
Apr 16, 2010, 9:10:27 AM4/16/10
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Hare Krishna,
All GLories to Srila Prabhupada !!
H H Mahanidhi Swami Maharaj, after extensive research has
updated the
Purushottam Masa Observance instructions, and the Glories of
Purushottam
Month.
Purusottama (adhika) Vrata 2010 15th apr--- 15th may
I. Introduction
Purusottama month, or adhika masa (extra month) is also called
mala masa
(dirty month) by the performers of karma-kanda because they
cannot get any
material fruitive results from their worship during this month.
Our acaryas
say it is called mala masa because devotional activities
performed in this
month destroy the dirt and contamination caused by sins. It is
called adhika
(extra) masa because Sri Krsna has placed all His potencies,
mercy,
blessings in this month, and also because one gets more results
from any
pious act. Only works of devotion (Krsna-bhakti) give results in
purusottama
month.
Of all months, Purusottama is Krsna's favorite month. Lord Sri
Krsna is
Purusottama. As Krsna is the supreme among all incarnations,
Purusottama is
the supreme among all months. Purusottama month is the holiest
month, far
superior to the pious months of Magha, Vaisakha and Karttika.
Purusottama
month is worshiped all over the universe by devotees, sages,
demigods and
even Laksmi Devi Herself. If one sincerely worships Radha and
Krsna in
Purusottama month, he will attain everything. One who observes
Purusottama
vrata, will burn up the reactions of all his bad karma and
attain the direct
service of Radha and Krsna. Purusottama month is the best month
for all
spiritual advancement because Krsna overlooks all the aparadhas.
Residence
in the holy dhama in P.M. yields 1000 times the benefit.
II. Gories of purusottama month (from padma and skanda puranas)
1. Lord Sri Krsna: "Purusottama month has all the power I have
to bless
its observer. One who follows Purusottama vrata will destroy all
his past
sinful reactions. Without performing Purusottama vrata, one
cannot perform
pure devotional service. The value of Purusottama month is far
more valuable
than all other types of austerities and religious activities
mentioned in
the Vedas. Anyone who observes Purusottama vrata will return to
my abode,
Goloka, at the end of his life".
2. Durvasa Muni: "Just by bathing in a holy river during
Purusottama
month, one becomes sinless. The glory of all other months is not
equal to
one-sixteenth of the glory of the Purusottama month. By bathing
in a holy
place, giving charity and chanting the Holy Name of Krsna during
Purusottama
month, all miseries are destroyed, one attains all kinds of
perfection and
fulfills all his desires".
3. Valmiki Muni: "By observing Purusottama vrata, one attains
more
benefit than performing one hundred horse sacrifices. All holy
places live
within the body of a Purusottama month vrati. Anyone who
faithfully performs
Purusottama vrata will go to Goloka Vrndavana".
4. Narada Muni: "Purusottama month is the best of all months,
vratas
and austerities. Just by faithfully hearing the glories of
Purusottama
month, one attains krsna-bhakti and immediately nullifies his
sinful
reactions. One who performs Purusottama vrata properly will
attain unlimited
sukrti and go to the spiritual world".
5. Naimisaranya Sages: "Merciful Purusottama month acts like a
desire
tree to fulfill a devotee's desire".
III. The Purusottama Vrata
1. Keep celibacy for one month. (Sleep on the floor - optional).
2. Rise in brahma - muhurta time.
3. Chant Hare Krsna Mahamantra and meditate on Radha-Krsna's
rupa,
guna, lila. Daily chant extra rounds: 24, 32, 64.
4. Daily offer ghee lamp to Radha-Krsna Deities or Picture. 33
lamps
daily or at least 1 day in the month.
5. Daily aratika and parikrama of Tulasi Devi.
6. Daily mandira parikrama (4 times).
7. Daily offer Radha-Krsna Deities or Picture roses, lotus
flowers and
100,000 Tulasi leaves (or as many as you can).
8. One should bathe everyday before sunrise in a holy place. (At
least,
three days in the month).
9. Daily read Srimad Bhagavatam - Radha-Krsna lila ; acaryas say
it is
a rule to daily read S.B. 10.14---Brahma stuti.
10. Daily chant Sri Jagannathastakam, Sri Cauragraganya -
Purusastakam, Sri
Nanda-Nandanastakam, Jaya Radha Madhava, and other Radha-Krsna
bhajanas
and prayers.
11. Take a vow to remain peaceful and truthful throughout the
month.
12. Be careful not to blaspheme any devotees, brahmanas, saints,
cows,
sastras or vratis. And don't ask anyone for anything
13. Try your best to please Radha and Krsna by performing
devotional
austerities according to your abilities. Don't break your vow in
the
middle of the month.
14. Eat on leaf plates sitting on the floor (optional).
15. No cutting of hair or nails (optional).
16. No cooking in oil or rubbing of oil on your body.
17. No eating or rubbing of mustard oil.
18. Diets: Best to eat once a day after sunset or noon the
following diets:
i) only milk ; ii) only fruits (no milk, no veg.); iii)no grains
(selected
veg., fruits, nuts, milk); iv) selected foods (all categories as
per
caturmasya standards).
19. Hari-bhakti-vilasa (Vol 4, Vs 437): "During Purusottama
month, one
should remember Lord Krsna and then donate thirty three milk
cakes cooked in
ghee to grhastha brahmanas, who are well versed in sastras.
Failing to do
so, one loses all the piety he accumulated in the previous
year."
20. Acaryas say chant daily some japa of Kaundinya Muni's
mantra:
govardhana dharam vande, gopalam gopa rupinam / gokulutsava ne
isanam,govindam gopika priyam. "I worship the lifter of
Govardhana Hill, Who
has the beautiful form of a cowherd boy, and who continually
plays with the
gopas. He is the Lord of Gokula wherein everyday is a festival.
21. Daily offer 33 dandavats to Bhagavan Sri Krsna or the
vaisnavas.
22. Bhaktivinoda Thakura's P.M. vrata: Perform the Nirapeksa
Vrata, which
means 30 days of concentrated, one-pointed worship and service
to
Radha-Govinda Yugala by hearing, chanting, remembering Their
divine names,
forms, qualities, pastimes. All day and night, hear about
Bhagavan Sri
Krsna, chant the Hare Krsna Mahamantra, take mahaprasada.
23. Charity: Best days --- Ekadasi, Dvadasi, Purnima, Amavasya,
Sravana
Naksatra Day; DO offer money, gold, cloth, shoes, fruits, etc.
to brahmanas
and vaisnavas ; Also offer 33 plantains or mangoes plus dana and
daksina
---when giving dana (diff. items) to a brahmana, one must
simultaneously
donate daksina (money equal to the monetary value of the dana).
IV. Breaking Purusottama Vrata
1. Bathe in brahma-muhurta time, worship Radha-Syamasundara
Deities or
Picture, and chant this mantra: "O Supreme Lord, O Sanatana, O
Purusottama,
O Lord Hari ! I offer my obeisances unto you. May you and your
beloved
Radhika, please accept my offerings. I offer my repeated
obeisances unto
Syamasundara, who wears effulgent yellow garments on His
beautiful body.
2. Offer puspanjali and obeisances to Radha-Syamasundara Deities
or
Picture.
3. Feed and give charity to 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 brahmanas to the best
of
your ability (e.g., new clothes, two pairs of shoes, Laksmi).
The best
charity is to give a Srimad Bhagavatam to a qualified grhastha
vaisnava
brahmana. This act will deliver all your ancestors to the
spiritual world
and award them the association of Lord Purusottama !
Special Breaking Actions
1.If you ate fruits, ghee, rice, wheat etc, donate the same to
brahmanas.
2.If you slept on the floor, give a bed and pillows to a
brahmana.
3.If you ate on a leaf plate, feed brahmanas with ghee and
sugar.
4.If you didn't cut nails or hair, donate a mirror to a
brahmana.
5.If you offered ghee lamps, give new lamps and pots to a
brahmana.
6.* If you broke any rules or regulations during Purusottama
vrata, feed
different sweet juices to brahmanas.
7. Lord Siva says that the best charity is: "Fill a bell metal
pot with
thirty malpuas, bind the pot with seven new threads and give to
a worthy
brahmana".
PurusottamA Vrata Ki Jai !!
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All GLories to Srila Prabhupada !!
H H Mahanidhi Swami Maharaj, after extensive research has
updated the
Purushottam Masa Observance instructions, and the Glories of
Purushottam
Month.
Purusottama (adhika) Vrata 2010 15th apr--- 15th may
I. Introduction
Purusottama month, or adhika masa (extra month) is also called
mala masa
(dirty month) by the performers of karma-kanda because they
cannot get any
material fruitive results from their worship during this month.
Our acaryas
say it is called mala masa because devotional activities
performed in this
month destroy the dirt and contamination caused by sins. It is
called adhika
(extra) masa because Sri Krsna has placed all His potencies,
mercy,
blessings in this month, and also because one gets more results
from any
pious act. Only works of devotion (Krsna-bhakti) give results in
purusottama
month.
Of all months, Purusottama is Krsna's favorite month. Lord Sri
Krsna is
Purusottama. As Krsna is the supreme among all incarnations,
Purusottama is
the supreme among all months. Purusottama month is the holiest
month, far
superior to the pious months of Magha, Vaisakha and Karttika.
Purusottama
month is worshiped all over the universe by devotees, sages,
demigods and
even Laksmi Devi Herself. If one sincerely worships Radha and
Krsna in
Purusottama month, he will attain everything. One who observes
Purusottama
vrata, will burn up the reactions of all his bad karma and
attain the direct
service of Radha and Krsna. Purusottama month is the best month
for all
spiritual advancement because Krsna overlooks all the aparadhas.
Residence
in the holy dhama in P.M. yields 1000 times the benefit.
II. Gories of purusottama month (from padma and skanda puranas)
1. Lord Sri Krsna: "Purusottama month has all the power I have
to bless
its observer. One who follows Purusottama vrata will destroy all
his past
sinful reactions. Without performing Purusottama vrata, one
cannot perform
pure devotional service. The value of Purusottama month is far
more valuable
than all other types of austerities and religious activities
mentioned in
the Vedas. Anyone who observes Purusottama vrata will return to
my abode,
Goloka, at the end of his life".
2. Durvasa Muni: "Just by bathing in a holy river during
Purusottama
month, one becomes sinless. The glory of all other months is not
equal to
one-sixteenth of the glory of the Purusottama month. By bathing
in a holy
place, giving charity and chanting the Holy Name of Krsna during
Purusottama
month, all miseries are destroyed, one attains all kinds of
perfection and
fulfills all his desires".
3. Valmiki Muni: "By observing Purusottama vrata, one attains
more
benefit than performing one hundred horse sacrifices. All holy
places live
within the body of a Purusottama month vrati. Anyone who
faithfully performs
Purusottama vrata will go to Goloka Vrndavana".
4. Narada Muni: "Purusottama month is the best of all months,
vratas
and austerities. Just by faithfully hearing the glories of
Purusottama
month, one attains krsna-bhakti and immediately nullifies his
sinful
reactions. One who performs Purusottama vrata properly will
attain unlimited
sukrti and go to the spiritual world".
5. Naimisaranya Sages: "Merciful Purusottama month acts like a
desire
tree to fulfill a devotee's desire".
III. The Purusottama Vrata
1. Keep celibacy for one month. (Sleep on the floor - optional).
2. Rise in brahma - muhurta time.
3. Chant Hare Krsna Mahamantra and meditate on Radha-Krsna's
rupa,
guna, lila. Daily chant extra rounds: 24, 32, 64.
4. Daily offer ghee lamp to Radha-Krsna Deities or Picture. 33
lamps
daily or at least 1 day in the month.
5. Daily aratika and parikrama of Tulasi Devi.
6. Daily mandira parikrama (4 times).
7. Daily offer Radha-Krsna Deities or Picture roses, lotus
flowers and
100,000 Tulasi leaves (or as many as you can).
8. One should bathe everyday before sunrise in a holy place. (At
least,
three days in the month).
9. Daily read Srimad Bhagavatam - Radha-Krsna lila ; acaryas say
it is
a rule to daily read S.B. 10.14---Brahma stuti.
10. Daily chant Sri Jagannathastakam, Sri Cauragraganya -
Purusastakam, Sri
Nanda-Nandanastakam, Jaya Radha Madhava, and other Radha-Krsna
bhajanas
and prayers.
11. Take a vow to remain peaceful and truthful throughout the
month.
12. Be careful not to blaspheme any devotees, brahmanas, saints,
cows,
sastras or vratis. And don't ask anyone for anything
13. Try your best to please Radha and Krsna by performing
devotional
austerities according to your abilities. Don't break your vow in
the
middle of the month.
14. Eat on leaf plates sitting on the floor (optional).
15. No cutting of hair or nails (optional).
16. No cooking in oil or rubbing of oil on your body.
17. No eating or rubbing of mustard oil.
18. Diets: Best to eat once a day after sunset or noon the
following diets:
i) only milk ; ii) only fruits (no milk, no veg.); iii)no grains
(selected
veg., fruits, nuts, milk); iv) selected foods (all categories as
per
caturmasya standards).
19. Hari-bhakti-vilasa (Vol 4, Vs 437): "During Purusottama
month, one
should remember Lord Krsna and then donate thirty three milk
cakes cooked in
ghee to grhastha brahmanas, who are well versed in sastras.
Failing to do
so, one loses all the piety he accumulated in the previous
year."
20. Acaryas say chant daily some japa of Kaundinya Muni's
mantra:
govardhana dharam vande, gopalam gopa rupinam / gokulutsava ne
isanam,govindam gopika priyam. "I worship the lifter of
Govardhana Hill, Who
has the beautiful form of a cowherd boy, and who continually
plays with the
gopas. He is the Lord of Gokula wherein everyday is a festival.
21. Daily offer 33 dandavats to Bhagavan Sri Krsna or the
vaisnavas.
22. Bhaktivinoda Thakura's P.M. vrata: Perform the Nirapeksa
Vrata, which
means 30 days of concentrated, one-pointed worship and service
to
Radha-Govinda Yugala by hearing, chanting, remembering Their
divine names,
forms, qualities, pastimes. All day and night, hear about
Bhagavan Sri
Krsna, chant the Hare Krsna Mahamantra, take mahaprasada.
23. Charity: Best days --- Ekadasi, Dvadasi, Purnima, Amavasya,
Sravana
Naksatra Day; DO offer money, gold, cloth, shoes, fruits, etc.
to brahmanas
and vaisnavas ; Also offer 33 plantains or mangoes plus dana and
daksina
---when giving dana (diff. items) to a brahmana, one must
simultaneously
donate daksina (money equal to the monetary value of the dana).
IV. Breaking Purusottama Vrata
1. Bathe in brahma-muhurta time, worship Radha-Syamasundara
Deities or
Picture, and chant this mantra: "O Supreme Lord, O Sanatana, O
Purusottama,
O Lord Hari ! I offer my obeisances unto you. May you and your
beloved
Radhika, please accept my offerings. I offer my repeated
obeisances unto
Syamasundara, who wears effulgent yellow garments on His
beautiful body.
2. Offer puspanjali and obeisances to Radha-Syamasundara Deities
or
Picture.
3. Feed and give charity to 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 brahmanas to the best
of
your ability (e.g., new clothes, two pairs of shoes, Laksmi).
The best
charity is to give a Srimad Bhagavatam to a qualified grhastha
vaisnava
brahmana. This act will deliver all your ancestors to the
spiritual world
and award them the association of Lord Purusottama !
Special Breaking Actions
1.If you ate fruits, ghee, rice, wheat etc, donate the same to
brahmanas.
2.If you slept on the floor, give a bed and pillows to a
brahmana.
3.If you ate on a leaf plate, feed brahmanas with ghee and
sugar.
4.If you didn't cut nails or hair, donate a mirror to a
brahmana.
5.If you offered ghee lamps, give new lamps and pots to a
brahmana.
6.* If you broke any rules or regulations during Purusottama
vrata, feed
different sweet juices to brahmanas.
7. Lord Siva says that the best charity is: "Fill a bell metal
pot with
thirty malpuas, bind the pot with seven new threads and give to
a worthy
brahmana".
PurusottamA Vrata Ki Jai !!
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