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Lectures

Initiation Lectures

Initiation Lecture -- San Francisco, March 10, 1968:

Tapasya means voluntarily accepting some rules and regulations to purify him. That is called tapasya. Just like in diseased condition, one has to voluntarily accept the rules and regulations enforced by the physician: "You should not eat this. You should not do this. You should not go out. You should take rest. You should not, should not, should not," so many. Similarly, if we want to purify ourselves, then four principles of purificatory process, namely illicit sex life and intoxication, meat-eating, and gambling, these four things must be...

These four things are paraphernalia of your civilization. In the western... Not only western, eastern, everywhere. The Kali-yuga is spreading very rapidly, and wherever the Kali-yuga is very prominent, these four items are very prominent: unrestricted sex life, gambling, and meat-eating, and intoxication.

Initiation Lecture -- San Francisco, March 10, 1968:

So let them go to hell. So far we are concerned, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His body is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge, end sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ (Bs. 5.1). If we simply remember that Kṛṣṇa is like that, and as soon as we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, we remember Kṛṣṇa, and we understand that He is the Supreme Personality.

This very consciousness will lead you. It is not very difficult. It is very easy, always thinking of Kṛṣṇa. And those who have taken already, they are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, and they are making progress both, I mean to say... Their health is improving; their mind is becoming very nice. So you will be also feeling. There is no need of talking. You will yourself feel, but you must follow. And there are ten kinds of offenses. That also, you should avoid. And these rules and regulations. Now chant mantras.

Brahmana Initiation Lecture with Professor O'Connell -- Boston, May 6, 1968, (Glenville Ave. Temple):

So this book was actually written by Sanātana Gosvāmī, but it was published or dedicated to Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī. In this book the rules and regulation of the Vaiṣṇavas are described—of the brahmacārīs, the students; of the gṛhasthas, householders; vānaprastha, retired men; and sannyāsī, renounced order—how gṛhastha should live, how brahmacārī should live, how vānaprastha should live, how sannyāsīs should live. All the... It is called Vaiṣṇava smṛti.

Śruti and smṛti. Śruti means Vedic literature, which is traditionally, from time immemorial, it is learned simply by hearing from authoritative sources. Just like in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the First Canto, first verse, it is said, tene brahma hṛdā ādi-kavaye. The original authority of Vedic literature, Lord Brahma.

Brahmana Initiation Lecture with Professor O'Connell -- Boston, May 6, 1968, (Glenville Ave. Temple):

Therefore the general enunciation is that in this age everyone has to be accepted as born-śūdra. But this principle is accepted always, by birth everyone is śūdra. Janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ. Everyone is born śūdra. Then? Saṁskārād bhaved dvijaḥ. Dvijaḥ means this saṁskāra. This saṁskāra... By gradual process of cultivation of knowledge, of behavior, of rules and regulations, one becomes a dvijaḥ. Dvijaḥ means twice-born. The first birth is by the father and mother, and the second birth is by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge. At that time, the second birth means mother is the Vedic knowledge and father is the spiritual master. So Sanātana Gosvāmī says, because he has enunciated this rule for the so-called rigid brāhmaṇas, they say, "Without taking birth in a brāhmaṇa family there is no possibility of one's becoming a brāhmaṇa." But Bhagavad-gītā does not say like that. Bhagavad-gītā says, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ (BG 4.13). "These four principles of caste—brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra—I have created that division."

Initiation -- Hawaii, March 25, 1969:

Then take another bead, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. In this way you come to this end. Don't cross this summit. Again begin from this end. In this way chant daily sixteen rounds. One round, two round, three round, four round, fifth round, like that. And you have noted down the rules and regulation? Yes. And the ten kinds of offenses to give up, chanting? Yes. And your Godbrothers will help you. I don't think there is name, any Balabhadra? So your spiritual name is Balabhadra. Just bow down. (devotee repeating each word:)

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine

All right, take your beads and be happy, and Balabhadra dāsa brahmacārī. Is that all right? (laughter)

Brahmana Initiation Lecture -- New Vrindaban, May 25, 1969:

So this is secondary, this ceremony. Real strength is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So of course, people may not think you otherwise, that you are not brāhmaṇa, you are not purified. Therefore this ceremony is there, the thread ceremony here, that "Yes, we are properly... According to scriptural rules and regulations, we have become brāhmaṇa. There is no question of... Because I am not born in a brāhmaṇa family, it does not mean I am not brāhmaṇa. I am recognized by authorized ācārya in the line of disciplic succession of Nārada." Nārada has given this definition in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam while instructing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira about the four..., eight divisions, varṇa and āśrama. He said, yasya hi yal lakṣaṇaṁ syād varṇābhivyañjakam. Varṇa. Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭam (BG 4.13). Four classes, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra—this is creation of God. It is not artificial.

Gayatri Mantra Initiation -- Boston, May 9, 1968:

Yes, that is already done. When they were initiated hari-nāma, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, that acceptance of... Tasmāt guruṁ prapadyeta. Just like one has to enter himself into some educational institution for being educated more and more, similarly, one has to first of all accept a bona fide spiritual master. Then he gives him education one after another, one after another. So that initiation means that is the beginning. But that is not the end. There is no end. It will go on. It will go on. This is the second stage only. But the rules and regulations, they have already practiced, and they are doing them.

Initiation Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, July 2, 1971:

Viṣṇujana: Gaṅgārāma.

Prabhupāda: Gaṅgārāma. Gaṅgārāma was a devotee of Lord Caitanya. Go on. Who's next?

Devotee: Suraci devī. Suraci.

Prabhupāda: Huh? Suruci. Suruci was one of the mothers of Dhruva Mahārāja. Take it. You know what are the rules and regulations? What is that?

Suruci: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: All right. (end)

Detroit Initiations -- Detroit, July 18, 1971:

Then, next. Where is...? No neck bead? How is that? Where is neck bead? Huh? Oh, these things are not good. It must be well equipped. Otherwise, what is the meaning of initiation? Give... No neck bead? Go on. First of all get neck beads. Who is next? You have got neck beads? That's all right. Viśvakarmā. Viśvakarmā is the engineer of this universe. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya. You know what are the rules and regulations? That's right.

Next? Come on. Dineśvara. Dineśvara is the name of sun, sun-god. Come on. We are all dāsa, not the person. When you call "Kṛṣṇa," "Kṛṣṇa" means Kṛṣṇa dāsa. When you call Dineśvara, Dineśvara, means Dineśvara's servant. Our position is always servant. Dāsa-anudāsa (CC Madhya 13.80). Servant of the servant, servant of the servant, the more, the more you become on the lower status of servant, our position is greater.

Initiations -- New York, July 21-22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Kaṅkā. Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king. All our, I mean, girl disciples are named great devotees' daughter or wife, like that. So you know what are the rules and regulations?

Kaṅkā: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Tell me.

Kaṅkā: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: And what is your name, spiritual? You forget immediately? (laughter) Hare Kṛṣṇa. All right. How many rounds you will chant?

Kaṅkā: Sixteen rounds a day.

Initiations -- New York, July 21-22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Rāṣṭrapālikā, governess, governeress. Is that?

Devotee: Governess.

Prabhupāda: Governess? Governess. You have to govern. So what are the rules and regulations?

Rāṣṭrapālikā: No meat-eating, no intoxication, (indistinct).

Prabhupāda: Who is your husband?

Rāṣṭrapālikā: Nitāi dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Nitāi dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotee: Vidarbha-sūtā.

Initiations -- New York, July 21-22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Uṣika.

Devotee: Uṣika.

Prabhupāda: Uṣika is Brahmā's another name, Uṣiksaya. So you know the rules and regulations? What are they?

Devotee: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: Thank you. (japa) Ceto-darpaṇa-marjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam (CC Antya 20.12).

Devotee: Romapāda.

Prabhupāda: Brahmapāda?

Initiations -- New York, July 21-22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Kuśakratha. Kuśakratha. You know the rules and regulations? What are they?

Kuśakratha: No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, uh, no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: Which you like best? (laughter) Which of them?

Kuśakratha: You are reading my mind, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: (laughs) All right. Don't do that again.

Devotee: Kirtīrāja.

Prabhupāda: Kirtīrāja. The king who is famous. Who is that king who is famous, very? Do you know? No? Kṛṣṇa. (laughter) What are the rules?

Initiations -- New York, July 22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Puravī. Puravī means eastern, not western.

Devotee: Are these your beads? (devotee offers obeisances)

Prabhupāda: Śrutadeva. Śrutadeva means Viṣṇu. You know the rules and regulations? (Śrutadeva offers obeisances) Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Here.

Devotee: Harikeśa.

Prabhupāda: Harikeśa. (Harikeśa offers obeisances) Harikeśa means hairs of God. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotee: Ravindra-svarūpa.

Prabhupāda: Ravindra-svarūpa. Just like sunshine. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? (devotees chanting japa)

Initiations -- New York, July 23, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Mamatā.

Mamatā: Mamatā?

Prabhupāda: M-a-m-a-t-a. Mamatā devī, "one who is very affectionate to everyone." Come on. You know the rules and regulation? What are those?

Mamatā: No meat-eating, no taking of intoxicants, no illicit sex, and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: That's all. How many rounds you will chant?

Mamatā: Sixteen good rounds every morning.

Prabhupāda: Come on, next. (break) Ādi-pati. Ādi-pati means king. So you should be king. What is the business of king?

Ādi-pati: To rule.

Initiations -- New York, July 23, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Prācī, yes. Prācī means one of the directions. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? (japa)

Aravinda: Puru dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Puru dāsa. There was a very powerful king. His name was Puru. He was a devotee. The same thing, to become ruler of the senses. Come on. We are all ruled by the senses. Senses dictate and we follow. This is the general condition, and we have to become ruler of the senses. Then it is successful. Generally people are ruled by the senses. My sense says, "Please take me to the cinema," the eyes. I immediately go and stand there three hours for the ticket. You see? So I am ruled by the senses.

Initiations -- New York, July 23, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Indriyāṇi. Indriyāṇi, the queen of Lord Indra. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? Thank you.

Aravinda: Pratīci.

Prabhupāda: Pratīci, one of the directions. You are also. Come on. (japa—break)

Trivikrama: Bimali.

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Trivikrama: Bimali, B-i-m-a-l-i.

Prabhupāda: Bimalā, Bimalā. Bimalā means spotless, where there is no dirty things. You know the rules and regulations? Yes. If you follow the rules and regulation, then there will be no dirt. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (devotees chant japa) Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam (CC Antya 20.12). Our, this process is simply to make the mind dirtyless.

Initiations -- New York, July 24, 1971:

Prabhupāda: (break) You know the rules and regulations? Rules and regulations? Yes. What is that?

Viṣṇujana: Pañcaratna.

Prabhupāda: Pañcaratna dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Pañca means five; ratna means jewels. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (japa) You know the rules?

Viṣṇujana: Navaratna.

Prabhupāda: Navaratna. Navaratha. Nine chariots. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. "One who has got nine chariots." (japa)

Initiations -- New York, July 24, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Aṣṭaratha, "one who has got eight chariots." Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulations?

Viṣṇujana: Patrick. Daśaratha.

Prabhupāda: Daśaratha, the father of Lord Rāmacandra. Hare Kṛṣṇa. "Who could drive his chariot on ten directions." Hare Kṛṣṇa. (japa)

Viṣṇujana: Daśarha.

Prabhupāda: Daśarha, a king in the dynasty in which Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulations? What are they? How many rounds you chant?

Initiations -- New York, July 24, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Mahāmāyā. Mahāmāyā, the illusory energy. (chuckling) So illusory energy is not bad. Illusory energy is another face of Rādhārāṇī. Those who do not want to worship Kṛṣṇa, for them illusory energy is there. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on.

Viṣṇujana: Hemalatā.

Prabhupāda: Hemalatā, golden leaf. (japa)

Viṣṇujana: Saptaratha.

Prabhupāda: Saptaratha, "one who drives seven chariots." Hare Kṛṣṇa. (aside:) Take care... (japa)

Initiations -- New York, July 25, 1971:

Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulations? That's all right. Jamadāgni.

Devotee: Jamadāgni.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Jamadāgni was a great sage. That's all. Father of Paraśurāma. (devotees chanting japa in background) (chanting japa) You know rules and regulations? Hm... What are they? Rules. What are the rules?

Devotee: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication...

Prabhupāda: What is his name?

Devotee: Brahma-vit.

Initiations -- New York, July 25, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Sumahat. "Great personality." Come on. You know the rules and regulations?

Devotee: (inaudible)

Prabhupāda: Thank you.

Devotee: Ricardo. Haihaya.

Prabhupāda: Haihaya, a great saintly king. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. What is this? Goblet? What is this? Oh! Thank you. Come on. What are the rules? The rules, regulative rules? Eh?

Devotee: The rules. What are the rules? The four regulative...

Prabhupāda: You do not know? No illicit sex... Tell her. Tell her.

Initiations and Sannyasa -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Aravinda: Nārāyaṇa dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Nārāyaṇa dāsa. You know the rules and regulations? Thank you. Take this. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. This Deity photograph, this?

Aravinda: Pompā dāsī.

Prabhupāda: Pompā dāsī. Pompā is the sacred river. Flow with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Aravinda: Madhupurī dāsī.

Prabhupāda: Madhupurī. Madhupurī is Mathurā, Kṛṣṇa's birthplace. So you have to serve Mathurā and be associated with Rādhārāṇī. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulation? What are they?

Initiations and Sannyasa -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Prayāg. Prayāg dāsī. Prayāg is the chief holy place in India, where we held our... That is Allahabad. That is Prayāg. Another name is Prayāg. Real name is Prayāg. Tīrtha-rāja, the king of pilgrimage. So you have to serve. Come on. You know the rules and regulation?

Candanācārya: Do you know the rules and regulations?

Prayāg: Yes. No illicit sex, no intoxicants, no meat, fish or eggs, and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Next. Come on. (japa)

Aravinda: Sītā-Rāma dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Sītā-Rāma. Raghupati rāghava. Lord Rāmacandra, husband of Sītā. You are servant of Sītā-Rāma. Very high position. Come on. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulations? All right. Thank you. Next.

Initiations and Sannyasa -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Puṣpavana?

Aravinda: P-u-s-p-a-v-a-n.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Puṣpavana. Puṣpavana is the name of Cupid. He throws the arrow of flower. And Kṛṣṇa is the supreme Cupid. You know the rules and regulation? Yes. Come on. (sings softly) Rādhe jaya jaya mādhava dayite, gokula taruṇī maṇḍala... Hm?

Aravinda: Puṣkara.

Prabhupāda: Puṣkara dāsa. There is a sacred lake in India, Puṣkara tīrtha. Puṣkara tīrtha. So anyone who takes bath in that lake, he becomes a devotee. So you try to bring all people of the world to take bath in Puṣkara.

Aravinda: Tapas.

Prabhupāda: Tapas. From tapasya. You have to perform severe austerity.

Initiations and Sannyasa -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Tapas. From tapasya. You have to perform severe austerity. Without severe austerity nobody can achieve Kṛṣṇa. Kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ (SB 10.12.11). After many, many births' pious activities and austerity one can understand Kṛṣṇa. Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānām (BG 7.3). Siddhānām, those who have attained perfection, out of many of them, one can understand Kṛṣṇa. So by Lord Caitanya's grace we are distributing freely such thing, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te (CC Madhya 19.53), Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulation? Then you come. (break) Open. You take this and... Yes. First of all take this. Then care of... Stand up. This side. Now where is that mantra? You chant this mantra. (Trivikrama repeats) Etāṁ sa āsthāya parātma-niṣṭhām upāsitāṁ pūrvatamair maha... What is this? It is not properly... Oh. Pūrvatamair mahadbhir ahaṁ tariṣyāmi duranta-pāraṁ tamo mukundam aṅghri niṣevayaiva. Yes. Etāṁ sa āsthāya parātma-niṣṭhā.

Initiations -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Yogamāyā. Yogamāyā, the internal energy of Kṛṣṇa. You are the servant of internal energy. Come on. What are the rules and regulations?

Yogamāyā: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: So you agree?

Yogamāyā: (laughs) Yes.

Prabhupāda: All right. Come on. Next. (japa) (break)

Aravinda: Chāyadevī dāsī.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Initiations -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Chāyadevī. Chāyadevī. Chāyadevī means material nature. That is also Kṛṣṇa's energy. Acts according to the direction of Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? All right.

Aravinda: Kaumadakī.

Prabhupāda: Kaumadakī, born of lotus flower. Come on. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Aravinda: Gandharvikā.

Prabhupāda: Gandharvikā. Another name of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Come on. You know the rules and regulation?

Gandharvikā: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: All right. Thank you. Right hand. Right hand you should... Yes.

Initiations -- New York, July 26, 1971:

Prabhupāda: All right. Thank you. Right hand. Right hand you should... Yes.

Aravinda: Charaṇi.

Prabhupāda: Charaṇi devī. Celestial singers. Come on. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulations?

Charaṇi: Yes. No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. (japa)

Aravinda: Kapindra.

Prabhupāda: Kapindra means Hanumānjī, servant of Lord Rāmacandra. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? That's all right.

Initiation Lecture -- New York, July 28, 1971:

Devotee: Rādhā-bhavānī

Prabhupāda: Rādhā-bhavānī, "always thinking of Rādhārāṇī." You know the rules and regulation? The rules and regulations?

Rādhā-bhavānī: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxicants and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Thank you. (japa chanting continues)

Devotee: Nimāi-sundara dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Nimāi-sundara. Nimāi-sundara is Lord Caitanya's name. Nimāi-sundara dāsa, you are servitor of Lord Caitanya. (japa continues)

Devotee: Māyāpur-śaśi dāsa.

Initiation Lecture -- New York, July 28, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Māyāpur.

Devotee: Māyāpur-śaśi.

Prabhupāda: Māyāpur-śaśi is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's another name. Śaśi means moon, and Māyāpur is the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulations? The rules and regulations?

Devotee: The rules?

Prabhupāda: Yes (pause). All right. (japa continues)

Devotee: Navadvīpa dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Yes, very good. Navadvīpa is the place of Lord Caitanya, and you are servitor of Lord Caitanya. Come on. (japa continues)

Initiation Lecture -- New York, July 28, 1971:

Prabhupāda: Viśvambhara. Viśvambhara is another name of Lord Caitanya. Viśvambhara dāsa. Come on. You know the rules and regulations? Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotee: (offers praṇāma mantras in background)

Devotee: Jagannātha-sūta.

Prabhupāda: Jagannātha-sūta is Caitanya... Prabhu. His father's name is Jagannātha. Sūta means son. Jagannātha son. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's father's name was Jagannātha Miśra. So you know the rules and regulations. What are those?

Jagannātha-sūta: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. (japa)

Initiations -- Sydney, April 2, 1972:

Prabhupāda: It is not required.

Śyāmasundara: That's all right.

Prabhupāda: That's all right. Take it. You know all the rules and regulations, regulative principles?

Yajñeśvara: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So your name is Yajñeśvara dāsa. Yajñeśvara means... This is yajña, so sacrifice, sacrificing or satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So yajña means sacrifice, and one who enjoys the resultant action of sacrifice... All our sacrifices should go to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His name is Yajñeśvara. (break) Whatever we shall do, as it is prescribed in the Bhagavad-gītā, yajñārthe karma anyatra lokaḥ ayam... (break) ...you do, act only for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then you are not entangled in the resultant action. Otherwise you'll be entangled.

Initiations -- Sydney, April 2, 1972:

Śyāmasundara: Pārtha dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Pārtha. Come on. (devotee offers obeisances) So you know the rules and regulations? All right. Pārtha dāsa. Pārtha means Arjuna. Arjuna's mother's name was Pṛthā; therefore Arjuna is addressed sometimes as Pārtha. Pārtha means "son of Kuntī," in relationship with his mother's name. Kuntī was also great devotee of Kṛṣṇa. So Pārtha dāsa, you are trying to become, follow the footsteps of Arjuna, how he was a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa. That is the meaning of Pārtha das. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on, next man.

Śyāmasundara: Śyāmānanda dāsa.

Initiations -- Sydney, April 2, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Hm. So you know the rules and regulations? You have heard already? And how many rounds you shall chant?

Śyāmānanda: Sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Sixteen, at least, yes. So Śyāmānanda. Śyāma means Kṛṣṇa. Śyāmasundaram. So one who takes pleasure in serving Kṛṣṇa, his name is Śyāmānanda. Ānanda means pleasure. We take pleasure in serving so many nonsense things. Sometimes we take pleasure in serving a dog, but the same service attitude, when transferred to Kṛṣṇa, then our life is successful. Our... Everyone is giving service. Somebody is giving service to a country, to his society, to his wife, the children. And if he has nothing to serve, then he keeps a pet dog and gives it service. So service we must give. That is our constitutional position. But that service is meant for rendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So long we remain forgetful where our service should be given, that is called material life.

Initiations -- Sydney, April 2, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Now, with this dress you look so beautiful. This Vedic dress is also nice, very beautiful. It increases the beauty hundred times by this dress. So you know the rules and regulations? This is hers?

Śyāmasundara: Are those your beads?

Prabhupāda: So chant with your husband. That's all. Thank you.

Śyāmasundara: Her name. Her name. Kalki devī dāsī.

Prabhupāda: Ah, Kalki devī. Kalki is the incarnation. The last incarnation of Kṛṣṇa is Kalki. Kalki will come on this planet about 400,000's of years after. But his name and address is also given. (laughter) That is śāstra. Not... It is no laugh. Don't laugh. That is śāstra, that they can speak of future which will happen hundreds and millions of years after. That is mentioned, "This Kalki avatāra incarnation will come. He will appear in a place whose name is Sambhalapur."

Initiations -- Sydney, April 2, 1972:

Śyāmasundara: Dvaipāyana?

Prabhupāda: So Dvaipāyana is another name of Vyāsadeva. You know the rules and regulations? All right. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So now you can get these married.

Nanda-kumāra: There is one more boy.

Śyāmasundara: Sahadeva. Sahadeva dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Yes, Sahadeva dāsa. That is his beads? Oh, all right, you can give it, then again chanting. So you know the rules and regulations?

Sahadeva: Yes.

Deity Installation and Initiation -- Melbourne, April 6, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Wedding? There is wedding also? All right. Keep it.

Devotee (2): I have some flowers for the... (Prabhupāda chants japa)

Prabhupāda: So you know the rules and regulations? What is that?

Devotee (3): Four rules.

Prabhupāda: Eh? Yes.

Devotee (3): No meat-eating...

Prabhupāda: Speak loudly.

Devotee (3): No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling...

Prabhupāda: No intoxication.

Deity Installation and Initiation -- Melbourne, April 6, 1972:

Śyāmasundara: Sanaka dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Sanaka dāsa. Know rules and regulations? What is that?

Sanaka: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: That's good. And how many rounds?

Sanaka: Minimum of sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Yes, minimum. Now get them promised. You sit down here and ask him to... "I, such and such..."

Śyāmasundara: Henceforward from this day...

Prabhupāda: Let him promise. You promise, "I..."

Initiations -- Los Angeles, May 23, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Thank you. Your name is Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara was a great brahmacārī devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You are servant of Śuklāmbara. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

(Another devotee is called; sounds like Carla) (japa) Kaumudī. Do you know the rules and regulations? Yes, tell. (devotee recites rules) So, your name is Kaumudī dāsī. Kaumudī is a nice flower liked by Kṛṣṇa. (japa)

Next. What is your name? You know the rules and regulations? What is that? (devotee recites rules) Hm. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So your name is Rūpa-mañjarī dasi. There are different gopīs. The assistant gopīs is mañjarīs. So Rūpa-mañjarī, you, this maidservant of Rūpa-mañjarī.

Come on. (another devotee is called) What are the rules? (devotee recites rules) Hm. Thank you. Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa. (japa)

Devotee: Will? Will McLoughlin.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, May 23, 1972:

Prabhupāda: ... just do it nicely. You know the rules and regulation?

Will: ... meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda: Hm. Thank you. Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇadeva. Varuṇadeva is the demigod of sea? Yes. You have to control the Pacific Ocean. (laughter) Preaching. (laughter) All the Pacific islands, you have to preach. Is that all right? (laughter) Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kaumadakī(?)

(another devotee is called) (japa) So you know the rules and regulations? Yes. What are they?

Sheila: ...meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication...

Prabhupāda: What is that, next? Four you have not mentioned.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, May 23, 1972:

Prabhupāda: So all right, Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Assistant of Lavaṅga-latā. (japa)

Pradyumna: Robert Dorman?

Prabhupāda: (japa) You know the rules and regulations? (indistinct) And how many rounds you have to chant? Thank you. Vyāsatīrtha, one of the ācāryas in our sampradāya. Vyāsatīrtha. Remember; don't forget. (laughter)

Pradyumna: Katherine?

Prabhupāda: (japa) Very good. Kalā ... What is that? (indistinct) There is no such name. All right, give her name. Kalāvatī. So your name is Kalāvatī dāsī. You know the rules and regulations?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, May 23, 1972:

Prabhupāda: (japa) Very good. Kalā ... What is that? (indistinct) There is no such name. All right, give her name. Kalāvatī. So your name is Kalāvatī dāsī. You know the rules and regulations?

Kalāvatī: Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. Come on, that's all right. Don't take ...

Pradyumna: Dirk.

Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulations? What are they? (indistinct) That's nice. So you are Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya dāsa, the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Dattātreya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So ārati, begin. Bhaja bhakata-vatsala?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, June 21, 1972:

Pradyumna: Now everyone can take the water which is in front of them when we say these prayers of purification and do just as I am doing. Take the spoon in your left hand... (break) (japa)

Prabhupāda: So you know all the rules and regulations?

Devotee: No meat-eating, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda: Hm. And how many rounds you'll chant?

Devotee: At least sixteen.

Prabhupāda: So your name is Vrajeśvarī dāsī. Vrajeśvarī is the name of Rādhārāṇī. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Śyāmasundara: Lois?

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, June 21, 1972:

Prabhupāda: You are still impersonalist or personalist?

Pravīnacandra: Not still impersonalist ... For the learning, I am learning still. I am not yet... I want to learn more.(?)

Prabhupāda: All right. So, you know the rules and regulations?

Pravīnacandra: Chanting sixteen rounds, no meat eating, no illicit sex life, no gambling and no drinking wine.

Prabhupāda: What is?

Śyāmasundara: Pratibhānu dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Pratibhānu dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, June 21, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Mādhavī?

Śyāmasundara: Her name is not on the list that you gave me.

Prabhupāda: Then Mādhavī can, Mādhavī it can be. Mādhavī. So what are the rules and regulations?

Mādhavī: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no (indistinct).

Prabhupāda: So your name is Mādhavī devī dāsī. Mādhavī is another name of goddess of fortune. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Śyāmasundara: Pierre?

Prabhupāda: So what are the rules?

Initiations -- San Diego, June 30, 1972:

Prabhupāda: These are the nine different processes. So you can execute all the nine processes or eight, seven, six, five, four. But at least, take to one. You will be perfect. If you simply come here in this temple, without doing anything, simply hear about Kṛṣṇa, your life will be perfect.

Thank you very much. (break)

(devotees start coming up for initiation) So what are the rules and regulations? (girl gives answer) So your name is Rasa-mañjarī, one of the gopīs. You are maidservant of Rasa-mañjarī. Take this.

Next, come on. What are the rules and regulation? (boy answers) How many rounds you will chant?

Devotee: Sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Minimum. Your spiritual name-Jñānasindhu dāsa. Jñānasindhu was one of the ācāryas in our disciplic succession.

Initiations -- San Diego, June 30, 1972:

Devotee: Sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Minimum. Your spiritual name-Jñānasindhu dāsa. Jñānasindhu was one of the ācāryas in our disciplic succession.

(to next devotee) What are the rules and regulation? (devotee answers) Thank you. Akṣobhya. He was also one of the ācāryas in our disciplic succession. Come on. You want to speak? No. (end)

Initiation Lecture -- New Vrindaban, September 1, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Chant the mantras first. Then I shall tell you all. Then after that you can perform sacrifice. (break) (maṅgalacaraṇa chanted responsively) (japa) (break) All right. The rules and regulation.

Devotee: (repeats four rules in background.)

Prabhupāda: How many rounds do you chant?

Devotee: I do sixteen a day.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Sixteen rounds. So your name is Akulānanda. Akula means incomparable, and ānanda means blissfulness. So Kṛṣṇa is Akulānanda.

Devotee: John Swindler.

Initiation Lecture -- New Vrindaban, September 1, 1972:

Prabhupāda: Akulānanda dāsa brahmacārī.(aside:) He's brahmacārī? (japa)

Devotee: Pyāri-caraṇa.

Prabhupāda: Hm? Pyāri-caraṇa? (devotee spells name) What are the rules and regulations?

Bhakta John: No intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex life, and chant at least sixteen rounds a day.

Prabhupāda: And no intoxication, also. So your name is Pyāri-caraṇa. Pyāri is another name of Rādhārāṇī. So caraṇa means lotus feet. So Pyāri-caraṇa dāsa. So you are servant of the lotus feet of Rādhā.

Initiation Lecture -- New Vrindaban, September 1, 1972:

Devotee: Jayarāma. Harold? Harold Miller? (japa)

Prabhupāda: What is that? Jayarāma? What are the rules and regulations?

Bhakta Harold: No illicit sex life, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling, and at least sixteen rounds a day.

Prabhupāda: So your name is Jayarāma. Jayarāma, "all glories to Lord Rāmacandra." (japa)

Devotee: Hara-kumāra.

Prabhupāda: Hara-kumāra.

Devotee: Susan II.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: So, name? Come on, one after another.

Brahmānanda: Arlene?

Prabhupāda: Arlene. So you know the rules and regulation?

Arlene: Yes.

Prabhupāda: What are these?

Arlene: No meat-eating, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda: How many rounds will you chant?

Arlene: Sixteen at least.

Prabhupāda: What is the...

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: So your name is Kīrtidā dāsī.

Brahmānanda: Theresa?

Prabhupāda: What is the name, come on. Come here. What are the rules and regulations?

Theresa: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: And how many rounds?

Theresa: Sixteen.

Prabhupāda: That is the minimum. Yes, come on.

Brahmānanda: Taraṇī dāsī.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: Tariṇī dāsī. You can deliver everyone. Come on. Next.

Brahmānanda: Cindy.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Cindy: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: And now many rounds will you chant?

Cindy: Sixteen at least.

Prabhupāda: That's nice.

Brahmānanda: Bhagavat-citta-rathinī dāsī.

Prabhupāda: Big, big name. (laughter) So your name is Bhagavat-citta dāsī.

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Brahmānanda: Hasta-yajña.

Prabhupāda: Hāsya-yajña? (pause) So? Make it Hāsyānanda. Now get up. Come on. (laughter) So you know what is the rules and regulation?

Hasyānanda: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling and no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: All right. Your name is Hāsyānanda, "who laughs in ecstasy, ecstasy, chanting."

Hāsyānanda: Thank you very much.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Next, come on.

Brahmānanda: Larry? Lakṣmaṇa dāsa.

Prabhupāda: So you know the rules and regulation? What are the rules?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Brahmānanda: Stuart?

Prabhupāda: Why you are laughing? So everyone should have neckbeads immediately. You know the rules and regulations? What is that?

Stuart: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxication and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Thank you. Sutrajit.

Sutrajit: Jaya. Thank you, Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. What are the rules and regulations? (child is crying in background, "I want my mommy!")

Girl: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.

Prabhupāda: Suśarmā dāsī. She is your child? So you are married?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: That's nice. (laughter)

Brahmānanda: Why is the child crying? Roy?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulation?

Roy: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: And how many rounds you will chant?

Roy: At least sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Thank you. Rāmalāla dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on, next.

Brahmānanda: Cheryl Nixon.

Prabhupāda: What are the regulations?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: Bālika? It should be Bālaka, not Bālika. Bālaka. Your name is Bālaka dāsa. Bālaka, cowherd boy.

Brahmānanda: Michael Nixon.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Michael: No eating meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no mental speculating.

Prabhupāda: Mahājana dāsa. Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ (CC Madhya 17.186). Mahājana means great authority. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Brahmānanda: Jim?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules?

Initiations -- Los Angeles, April 16, 1973:

Prabhupāda: It is a great example. He could ask him for money, but no. "Give me benediction. You are offering me benediction, so give me this benediction, that my mind may always remain attached to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa." Come on. So what are the rules and regulation? (girl answers) That's nice. Revatī dāsī. Regulative principles? (boy answers) Everyone is giving up meat-eating. The slaughterhouse will be closed. (laughter) And the butchers are not very much pleased with us. (laughter) Never mind. We have to do this. Come on. What is the name?

Brahmānanda: Bṛhadbhānu dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Vratabhānu dāsa. That's nice. So everyone is unpleased except the devotees, for our movement. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know the rules and regulation? (girl answers) All right, come on. What is the...?

Initiation Ceremony -- Los Angeles, May 15, 1973:

Prabhupāda: So call. Come on. You know the principles? (devotee answers) You name is Arjuna dāsa. (pause) You know the rules and regulations? Yes. (devotee answers) So your name is Jagariṇī. Jagariṇī—who is always awake, never sleeps. (laughter) This life is for jagaraṇa. Uttiṣṭhata jāgrata. Everyone is sleeping, dull, like animals. The animals are sleeping. Although they are running very fast, but according to śāstra, they are sleeping because they do not know what is life. So anyone who does not know what is the value of life, he is sleeping. And one who knows what is the value of life, he is jāgrata. The Vedic injunction is this, uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varān nibodhata: "Now, this time, in human form of life, you become awakened, and the benediction which you have got, utilize it." They do not know. They are just like animals, sleeping.

Initiation Ceremony -- Los Angeles, May 15, 1973:

Prabhupāda: Come on. (pause) What are the rules? (devotee answers) So your name is Hāsyapriya, friend of Kṛṣṇa. (pause) You want? You want? Oh, they were not distributed prasādam? All right, wait. (laughter)

So what are the rules and regulations? (devotee answers) Actually or theoretically? Thank you. What is the name? Ah, your name is Brahma-rūpa. The impersonalists, they say Brahman has no rūpa. We say, "No, there is rūpa. That is Kṛṣṇa." Brahma-rūpa. Brahma-rūpa dāsa. (pause)

So you know the rules and regulations? (devotee answers) So you name is Nirakula dāsī. Nirakula. Akula means one who becomes confused, and nira means not. One who does not become confused, fixed up. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (pause)

Initiations -- Los Angeles, January 10, 1974:

Prabhupāda: (All spiritual names first told to Śrīla Prabhupāda by Karandhara dāsa) So your spiritual name is Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa, who pleases everyone's mind. (pause)

There is all neckbeads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? Dhanurdharī. Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord Rāmacandra's name. (pause)

You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name Gambhīra dāsa. Very grave. That is Kṛṣṇa. (pause)

Bāṅke-bihārī. Bāṅke means curved. Kṛṣṇa stands always this. That is Bāṅke-bihārī. He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. (pause)

Hari-sevikā. Hari-sevikā, "maidservant of Kṛṣṇa." (break)

Initiations -- Los Angeles, January 10, 1974:

Prabhupāda: He is not very straight, Kṛṣṇa. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. (pause)

Hari-sevikā. Hari-sevikā, "maidservant of Kṛṣṇa." (break)

Greedy for Kṛṣṇa. Tatra leulyam eka laulyam. To get Kṛṣṇa, you have only one price: to become greedy for Kṛṣṇa. That's all. That is the only... (break) Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate. (pause)

Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. Divya means spiritual. (pause)

Dhīra-sevā. Dhīra-lalitā. Dhīra-sevā? No. Dhīra-sevī. She is woman. You know all the rules and regulation? Your name is Dhīra-sevī. Kṛṣṇa is Dhīra. Dhīra-lalitā. (pause)

Sajjana-jīvana. You know rules and regulations? Yes. Sajjana-jīvana. Sajjana-jīvana. Her life is very gentle.

So thank you very much. Now begin chanting and yajña. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ (SB 11.5.32). That is the yajña, saṅkīrtana. (end)

Initiation Ceremony -- Melbourne, July 1, 1974 :

Prabhupāda: So your name is Rāja Lakṣmī.

Devotee (2): Rāja Lakṣmī. (laughter)

Prabhupāda: Royal, Rāja means royal. So, what are the rules and regulation?

Rāja Lakṣmī dāsī: No illicit sex. No meat-eating or eating anything that's not prasādam. No intoxication. No gambling or speculation.

Prabhupāda: Thank you. How many rounds will you chant?

Raja Lakṣmī dāsī: Sixteen.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Raja Lakṣmī dāsī: Sixteen.

Sannyasa Initiation -- Mayapur, March 16, 1976:

Prabhupāda: So we have got some sannyāsīs who are doing very nicely, so today we shall make a number of sannyāsīs more to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. And those who are going to take sannyāsa, they should remember how much responsibility they have got. So live like a very strict sannyāsī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu took Himself sannyāsa at the age of twenty-four years. So it is not that in old age one has to take sannyāsa. That is not in the śāstra. From brahmacārī āśrama one can enter into the gṛhastha-āśrama or vānaprastha-āśrama or sannyāsa-āśrama as he thinks fit. There is no such rules and regulation that only the old man without any energy, he'll take sannyāsa. No. Rather, the young men...

Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu did personally. He was twenty-four years old. He had beautiful wife, young wife, sixteen years old, at home, very, very affectionate mother, and His position was very great.

Initiation Talk Excerpt -- Vrndavana, April 4, 1976:

Prabhupāda: So we have got many śāstric evidences how one can become completely sinless simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and observing very strictly the four prohibitive rules and regulations. I hope those who are initiated today, you have promised before Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Deity, before Vaiṣṇava, and before the fire to give up these habits and do not take to... Even if you are practiced now, you do not take it again. This is the process of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's initiation. Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to deliver all the sinful men. Pāpī tāpī yata chilo, harināme uddhārilo, tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura said that "Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (is) so merciful that He delivered all kinds of sinful men," pāpī tāpī, "all types of suffering from material disease." And what is the medicine? Pāpī tāpī yata chilo, harināme uddhārilo. And evidence? Tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi. You see Jagāi-Mādhāi.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Somewhere. Where?

Mādhavānanda: At Burroughs Corporation.

Prabhupāda: All right. So what are the rules and regulations?

Randy: The four principles are no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication, no illicit sex life.

Prabhupāda: So, what?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Ramiya.

Prabhupāda: Ramiya dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jim prabhu, Jim from Detroit.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Ramiya dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jim prabhu, Jim from Detroit.

Prabhupāda: Tad-viddhi praṇipātena (BG 4.34). Praṇipātena. This is praṇipāt. So what are the rules and regulations?

Jim: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no intoxication, and no speculation.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jiyātulya.

Prabhupāda: Jiyātulya dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John from Detroit. Not John D., just John.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. You are also responsible officer?

Mādhavānanda: Yes.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Hmm. You are also responsible officer?

Mādhavānanda: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So what are the rules and regulations?

John: No illicit sex life, no meat-eating, no gambling and no intoxication.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Juṣya.

Prabhupāda: Juṣya dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Margaret.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. You know what are the rules and regulations?

Margaret: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxication, and no gambling.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Mihira-kanyā.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John D.? From Detroit. John D.

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

John D.: No gambling, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no intoxication, no eating meat.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Paramparā dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Paramparā das.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: From Chicago, Glenn.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Gaura dāsa. (japa)

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jim from Chicago. Ann Arbor, Miles from Ann Arbor.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna: He's working, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulations.

Initiate: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxication and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Mitravān dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Mitravan dāsa. Come on.

Mitravān: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Linda from Ann Arbor.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Linda from Ann Arbor.

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Amara prabhu.

Prabhupāda: Amara is male name. Amarā. Make it Amarā. Amarā. Amarā dāsī. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Matthew from St. Louis.

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Mathurā-pati das.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jim from (indistinct).

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Jim: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Citta-vratā.

Prabhupāda: Citta-vratā dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: From the Rādhā-Dāmodara traveling party, Lenny.

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Lenny: No meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Cakrī dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John?

Prabhupāda: You did not... What are the rules and regulations? (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

John: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śāśvata.

Prabhupāda: Śāśvata dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John prabhu, from Rādhā-Dāmodara party, is he here? John Rhode? Is he here? Lazlow?

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John prabhu, from Rādhā-Dāmodara party, is he here? John Rhode? Is he here? Lazlow?

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Lazlow: No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Viśva.

Prabhupāda: Viśva das.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jim from Chicago.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Jim: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Jitendriya das.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: John from Rādhā-Dāmodara?

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations? (break)

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Sergio! (devotee comes up)

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations? Huh? What are the rules and regulations?

Sergio: No meat, fish or egg eating, no gambling, no intoxication, no illicit sex.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śaṅkhi.

Prabhupāda: Śaṅkha dāsa.

Initiations -- Detroit, June 15, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Śaṅkha dāsa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Henry?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Henry: No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, no intoxication.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Ajñāya.

Prabhupāda: Ajñāya das.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Are there any prabhus I may have overlooked? First initiations?

Prabhupāda: Now, where is the yajña? Will perform yajña? Begin, begin. (japa) Begin, begin. (gives some instructions) (fire sacrifice continues, Pradyumna recites prayers) (end)

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: No. Why the men? Anyone can come. Take one, yes.

Devotee: Steve? Steve? (devotee offers obeisances)

Prabhupāda: So you know the rules and regulations?

Steve: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling, and no illicit sex life.

Prabhupāda: And chanting?

Steve: Sixteen rounds per day.

Prabhupāda: Minimum.

Pradyumna: Sthiti-kartā dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Your spiritual name, Sthiti-kartā dāsa.

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotees: Jaya.

Prabhupāda: You know what are the rules and regulations, regulative principles?

Devotee: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling.

Prabhupāda: Your spiritual name, Gauḍīya dāsa.

Hari-śauri: Robert Richards? (devotee offers obeisances)

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. (devotees chant japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Is he a doctor?

Hari-śauri: Bhakta.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. What are the rules and regulations?

Lloyd: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating.

Prabhupāda: Līlā-kīrtana dāsa. (another devotee offers obeisances) What are the rules?

Devotee: No illicit sex life, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat-eating, and minimum sixteen rounds.

Prabhupāda: Thank you.

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Thank you.

Pradyumna: Devideva dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Devideva dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. What are the rules and regulations?

Devotee: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat-eating, chanting minimum sixteen rounds of Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Pradyumna: Deśikā dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Diksik?

Pradyumna: Deśikā

Prabhupāda: Oh. Deśikā dāsa.

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Oh. Deśikā dāsa.

Hari-śauri: Bhakta Ivan?

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Ivan: No intoxication, no meat-eating, no sex illicit, no gambling.

Pradyumna: Īśāvatāra dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Īśāvatāra dāsa.

Hari-śauri: Richard Hoffman?

Prabhupāda: (japa) What are the rules and regulations?

Initiation Lecture -- Toronto, June 17, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Gurubhāvanā dāsa.

Hari-śauri: Bhakta Allen?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Allen: No gambling, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda: So after performance of the sacrifice, those who are to be doubly initiated, how many? Eight. They may come upstairs, one by one. So one thing I request that these promises—no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling—these promises are made by you before Kṛṣṇa, before the fire, before the Vaiṣṇavas and before your spiritual master. Don't break it. It will be great sin. Thank you very much.

Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976:

Harikeśa: Kṛṣṇa-kiśora dāsa.

Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name, Kṛṣṇa-kiśora dāsa. What are the rules and regulations? (Hindi) He does not understand English? Hindi?

Devotee (3): No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex life, no gambling.

Prabhupāda: That's it.

Harikeśa: Sudhīra dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Sudhīra. Dhīras tatra na muhyati (BG 2.13). You are sudhīra.

Harikeśa: Vrajeśvara Prāṇa?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations? (Hindi)

Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976:

Prabhupāda: Very good name. Viśvarāja dāsa. Viśvarāja is Kṛṣṇa.

Harikeśa: Rangachala Pati Veo?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Devotee (5): Pardon?

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Devotee (5): (Hindi) No meat, onions, tea, wine, and all these four principles.

Prabhupāda: Illicit sex.

Devotee (5): Illicit.

Harikeśa: Rāmasvarūpa dāsa.

Delhi Initiations -- Delhi, August 31, 1976:

Prabhupāda: While coming they should be careful not to touch feet anything. These people, they do not know. Especially...

Lokanātha: (Hindi) Do not touch any of these things with your feet.

Prabhupāda: What are the rules and regulations?

Robin: No egg or fish, no meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication, and no gambling.

Pradyumna: Atīndra dāsa.

Prabhupāda: Atīndra dāsa.

Pradyumna: Roger?

Prabhupāda: Walk very carefully. You should come very carefully to get beads.(?)

Lokanātha: Excuse me, prabhus. I'll repeat one more time, do not touch any of these things. Be careful.

Page Title:Rules and regulations (Lectures, Initiations)
Compiler:Visnu Murti, RupaManjari
Created:15 of Dec, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=86, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:86