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To get the initiation, you have to be how many years old?

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"to get the initiation, you have to be how many years old"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

Ten to twelve years. That is the Vedic system. Twelve years old. He can be initiated.
Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor -- August 13, 1973, Paris:

Professor: Nothing else.

Prabhupāda: Nothing else. Later on, little geometry, geography, mathematics. They're not meant for outside work. They're meant for as soon as they learn Sanskrit and English, they'll read these books.

Professor: I see. But to get the initiation, you have to be how many years old?

Prabhupāda: At least ten years.

Professor: Ten years.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Ten to twelve years. That is the Vedic system. Twelve years old. He can be initiated.

Professor: Yes, yes. It is the same as the upanayana.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Upa means "near," nayanam, "to bring." Upanayana-saṁskāra. And the sacred thread means that he has been accepted by the spiritual master by bringing him near to spiritual consciousness.

Professor: So at the time of initiation, you not only give the Gāyatrī-mantra, but also the sacred thread.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Professor: Oh, I see.

Prabhupāda: Just we have given Gāyatrī-mantra... You have got that paper? Yes. Show him. Give him.

Professor: Can I take it with me?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Professor: I'd like to read it. Well, I have been very pleased to be with you.

Prabhupāda: Take prasādam.

Professor: Thank you. I may take just one, thank you.

Prabhupāda: No, take.

Professor: More, I cannot take. It's not possible. Thank you very much.

Page Title:To get the initiation, you have to be how many years old?
Compiler:Alakananda, Rishab
Created:22 of Apr, 2011
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