Initiations — May 1, 1973, Los Angeles

Prabhupāda: Now chant all mantras. [chants word-by-word, and devotees repeat] 

nama apavitraḥ pavitro vā
sarvāvasthāṁ gato ‘pi vā
yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
sa bahyābhyantaraḥśuciḥ
[Garuḍa Purāṇa]
śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu

Now, give these beads. [devotees chant japa

Brahmānanda: Brahmānanda Purī. 

Prabhupāda: Huh? 

Brahmānanda: Brahmānanda Puri. 

Prabhupāda: Paramānanda. 

Brahmānanda: Brahmānanda. 

Prabhupāda: Brahmānanda. Brahmānanda, his name already there. 

Brahmānanda: Brahmānanda Purī. 

Prabhupāda: All right. So, you are Brahmānanda Purī. You know the rules and regulation? What is that? 

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

Prabhupāda: Hmm. How many rounds you will chant? 

Brahmānanda Purī: Sixteen rounds. 

Prabhupāda: Take it. All right. Come on. Don’t drop. Hare Kṛṣṇa. 

Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa! [everyone chants japa

Brahmānanda: Robert? Gaṅga dāsa. 

Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulation? Tell. What are those rules and regulation? 

Robert: No eating meat, fish or eggs, no illicit sex, don’t take intoxicants, no gambling. 

Prabhupāda: Your name is Gaṅga dāsa. Take it. Come on. [devotees chant japa] Come on. Be prepared with this neck beads on. So, you know the rules and regulation? 

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

Brahmānanda: Bhojadeva. 

Prabhupāda: Bhojadeva. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [devotees chant japa] What are the rules? 

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

Brahmānanda: Bopadeva. 

Prabhupāda: Bopadeva, yours. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [japa] What are the rules and regulation? 

Yajña-prīyā dāsī: No illicit sex [indistinct]. 

Brahmānanda: Yajña-prīyā dāsī. 

Prabhupāda: Yajña-prīyā dāsī. Come on. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [devotees chant japa] Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ [SB 11.5.32]. [japa] You know the rules and regulations? What are those? Thank you. 

Brahmānanda: Bhuvaneśvara dāsa. 

Prabhupāda: Bhuvaneśvara dāsa. Thank you. [devotees chant japa] Rules? 

Brahmānanda: Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa. 

Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa Caitanya dāsa. 

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! 

Prabhupāda: Very good name. 

Brahmānanda: [indistinct]. 

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. [japa] What are the rules? 

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

Brahmānanda: Asura-kula-nāśana. 

Prabhupāda: Ohh. Very big name. [laughter] Asura-kula-nāśana. Asura-kula means demons. You have to massacre all these demons. [laughter] Come on. You will do it? You will do it? Thank you. [laughter] 

Brahmānanda: Leslie. [devotee chant japa

Prabhupāda: You know who is demon? You know who is demon? Asura-kula-nāśana, you know who is demon? Who is that? Who is demon? 

Asura-kula-nāśana: Oh, karmīs. [laughter] 

Prabhupāda: No, not only karmīs; others also. So-called scientist. 

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! 

Prabhupāda: Māyayāpahṛta-jñānā [Bg. 7.15]. Anyone who is posing himself as very much advanced in education but has no knowledge in Kṛṣṇa, he is also a demon. 

Devotees: Jaya! 

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Who is not a devotee of Kṛṣṇa… 

Prabhupāda: Hah? 

Svarūpa Dāmodara: …he’s a demon. 

Prabhupāda: Yes. Demon means he is not a devotee. That is demon. There are two kinds of persons: one demon, and one demigod. Those who are devotees, they are demigods, and those who are not devotees, they are demons. 

dvau bhūta-sargau loke
asura…, daiva āsura eva ca
viṣṇu-bhakti-bhaved daiva
āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ
[Bg. 16.6]

Asura. Asura means just the opposite number of devotees. That’s all. This is the general definition of demons: opposite number. So anyone who is against Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is a demon. That’s all. This is general. Come on. What are the rules and regulation? 

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

Brahmānanda: Tārakā dāsī. 

Prabhupāda: Tārakā-devī dāsī. One of the gopīs. 

Devotees: Jaya. 

Prabhupāda: Thank you very much. 

Brahmānanda: Terry. [devotees chant japa

Prabhupāda: What he is doing? What are the rules and regulation? 

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

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Strictly. 

Terry: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

Prabhupāda: Come on. What is it? 

Brahmānanda: Tejomāya. 

Prabhupāda: Tejomāya. Who is Tejomāya? You know? Who is Tejomāya? You know? Tejomāya, we have explained: the sun. Sun is Tejomāya. Aśeṣa-tejāḥ. Sun. Tejomāya. Nobody can compare with his temperature. [devotees chant japa

Prabhupāda: Who is next? 

Brahmānanda: Caroline? Caroline? 

Prabhupāda: [japa] What are the rules and regulation? 

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

Prabhupāda: Are you insured? [laughter] Insured? 

Caroline: [indistinct] 

Prabhupāda: Because you have got this spot. [devotee has a “beauty spot” above her lip] [laughter] There was a film actress, Pearl White, she had a spot like that. She insured for many amount. [laughter] Come on. 

Brahmānanda: Cinmayī dāsī. 

Prabhupāda: Cinmayī. Yes. That is your insurance. Cinmayī: to become spiritually conscious. That is the best insurance. 

Devotees: Jaya. [japa

Brahmānanda: Jodie? Jodie? 

Prabhupāda: Come on. [japa] What are the rules and regulation? 

Jodie: Chant at least sixteen rounds. No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication. 

Prabhupāda: Thank you. 

Brahmānanda: Kāla-rūpa. 

Prabhupāda: Kāla-rūpa. Vicious. When Kṛṣṇa appears in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, virāṭ-rūpa, he inquired to Arjuna, “Who are You?” He said, “Kāla-rūpa.” Kāla-rūpa means, “I have come…, I have appeared to kill all these demons.” Hare Kṛṣṇa. Now chant. [japa] You know the rules and regulation? 

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

Prabhupāda: Very good. What is intoxication? 

Kālacandra: Smoking. 

Prabhupāda: Hah? 

Kālacandra: Smoking. 

Prabhupāda: What are these? 

Brahmānanda: He said cigarette. 

Prabhupāda: Tea also. Yes. Tea, coffee—all these are intoxicants. So? 

Brahmānanda: Kālacandra. 

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Kālacandra. Come on. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Kālacandra dāsa. You are Gauracandra, but you are servant of Kālacandra. Kālacandra is another name of Kṛṣṇa. So thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. 

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end] 

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