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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1973]]
[[Category:Questions On... Devotees of the Hare Krsna Movement]]
[[Category:Questions On... Initiation]]
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<div class="heading">Well, let him come. First of all let him understand...
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London|Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- July 11, 1973, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Guest (7): To chant Kṛṣṇa's name, I was wondering if I could have the blessing and the beads.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. You can have the beads, but there is a process. Whether you are prepared to... Otherwise, you can chant. There is no restriction. You can take the beads and chant. But if you want to be officially initiated, there are certain rules and regulations, and other things. But without being officially initiated, nobody is barred from chanting. You can chant. Just like Ekalavya, he was speaking. Although he was not initiated by Droṇācārya, he became a good archer, simply by practicing. Similarly you can practice: chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p>
<p>Guest (3): Swamiji, tomorrow is Gaura-pūrṇimā. And a friend of mine, his father, or his mother died on Ekādaśī day. Husband and wife were, they had been fasting Ekādaśī doing Satya-nārāyaṇa-kathā. So now father, he is very lonely, and he said, "I have got no guru." Then I told him about you. So he immediately grabbed the idea. He wants to come tomorrow, in the morning to have your blessings. But then is it possible that he could have the initiation?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Well, let him come. First of all let him understand...</p>
<p>Guest (3): That man already comes. But tomorrow is Gaura-pūrṇimā. That's why I thought if tomorrow...</p>
<p>Guest (8): If he deserves it.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So let him come tomorrow. We shall see.</p>
<p>Guest (3): Tomorrow morning? Ācchā. The beads, Swamiji. He wants the beads. We can get it from the office?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, beads, they also purchase from the market. There is no harm. Either you take it from here or from the market.</p>
<p>Haṁsadūta: We buy our beads at the market also. The thing is that if someone wants to be initiated, then he has to be prepared to follow some principles, four principles. Prabhupāda just mentioned them. He must be prepared to give up all intoxicants, all illicit sex life, meat-eating, meat, fish, eggs, and no gambling. And chant the prescribed number of rounds, sixteen rounds. And anyone can be initiated, but he must be prepared to follow these restrictions. Otherwise, the effect of the chanting will not be as...</p>
<p>Indian: As effective as it would be.</p>
<p>Haṁsadūta: Exactly.</p>
<p>Guest (4): So what you're saying is that there's no harm by his...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, you can... That will help you in future to give up these habits. Chanting you can begin at any condition. But when we initiate officially, we take this promise. Then we initiate. This is our condition. Yatra pāpaś catur-vidhā. According to śāstra, these are four kinds of sinful activities: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. But these are modern civilization. It is very difficult.</p>
<p>Guest (3): Swamiji? Tea and coffee's also included?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, that is also intoxicant. Pāna. Chāi, pāna. Pāna, pāna means intoxication. Dhūmra-pāna.</p>
<p>Guest (7): Dhūmra-pāna.</p>
<p>Guest (2): And what about supāri, Swamiji?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, that is also ingredient of pāna. Pāna, it is called pāna.</p>
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