# Spiritual Master and Disciple
Instructions from Śrīla Prabhupāda's letters about initiation, the guru-disciple relationship, and the duties of both spiritual master and disciple.
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## Dīkṣā Initiation
### The Meaning of Initiation
*(Letters to be added)*
### Guru Dakṣiṇā
*(Letters to be added)*
### The Initiation Ceremony
*(Letters to be added)*
### Other Instructions
*(Letters to be added)*
### Gāyatrī Initiation
*(Letters to be added)*
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## Relationship with Spiritual Master
### The Duty of a Spiritual Master
*(Letters to be added)*
### Appreciation of Disciples' Service
*(Letters to be added)*
### Chastising the Disciple
*(Letters to be added)*
### Absorbing Sinful Reactions of Disciple
*(Letters to be added)*
### Rebirth for Disciple
*(Letters to be added)*
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## Compassion of a Spiritual Master
![[letters/1968/680523_kirtanananda|I was always thinking of you. Sometimes I silently cried and prayed to Krishna that how I have lost this child]]
—Kīrtanānanda, 23 May, 1968
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