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# Initiation Lecture Lectures Total lectures: 85 ## 1968 - [[spoken/1968/680310in.sf|Initiation Lecture]] — March 10, 1968, San Francisco In the fire of Kṛṣṇa consciousness all māyā burnt to ashes - [[spoken/1968/680324in.sf|Initiation Ceremony of Viṣṇujana]] — March 24, 1968, San Francisco The brahminical qualifications is described in the Bhagavad-gītā: satyam śauca śama dama titikṣa ārjavam, jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam - [[spoken/1968/680428in.ny|Initiations and Wedding [partial recording]]] — April 28, 1968, New York Those initiated were Jayādvaita [Jay Israel], Jayānarayana [Jay Mayo], Vāmanadeva [Bob Pekala] and Mādhavendra [Michael O'Leary] - [[spoken/1968/680506in.bos|Brāhmaṇa Initiation Lecture with Professor O'Connell]] — May 6, 1968, Boston So questions, jijñāsuḥ, inquisitive, of transcendental matter - [[spoken/1968/680509in.bos|Gāyatrī Mantra Initiation]] — May 9, 1968, Boston So there are many things, but today we are observing this ceremony, and the other day we also observed - [[spoken/1968/680521in.bos|Initiation Lecture]] — May 21, 1968, Boston Now you will see how much husband takes care of the wife, how much it is obliging - [[spoken/1968/680724in.mon|Initiation of Jayapatākā Dāsā]] — July 24, 1968, Montreal kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ ye 'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ śudhyanti prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ - [[spoken/1968/680729in.mon|Initiation of Bali-mardana Dāsā]] — July 29, 1968, Montreal So this firm conviction is the beginning of initiation - [[spoken/1968/680811in.mon|Initiations and Gāyatrī of Devotees Going to London]] — August 11, 1968, Montreal So many people are becoming very great in the estimation of material life - [[spoken/1968/680815in.mon|Initiation of Rukmiṇī Dāsī]] — August 15, 1968, Montreal So these Gosvāmīs, they made so many books to guide us - [[spoken/1968/680905in.ny|Initiation of Hṛṣīkeśa dāsā & Marriage of Satsvarūpa and Jadurāṇī]] — September 5, 1968, New York In any condition of life, happiness or distress, you shall continue as husband and wife, because our main business is Kṛṣṇa consciousness - [[spoken/1968/681020in.sea|Lecture & Initiation]] — October 20, 1968, Seattle So duration of life is very uncertain in this age - [[spoken/1968/681201in.la|Talk, Initiation Lecture]] — December 1, 1968, Los Angeles Therefore Bhagavad-gītā instructs that \"You surrender - [[spoken/1968/681219in.la|Initiation Lecture]] — December 19, 1968, Los Angeles So those who are intelligent, they are not concerned with - [[spoken/1968/681228bg.la|Initiations]] — December 28, 1968, Los Angeles So, a little duration of life increase, what do you gain by that? ## 1969 - [[spoken/1969/690110in.la|Initiations & Weddings]] — January 10, 1969, Los Angeles [chuckles] Joṭilā was the mother-in-law of Rādhārāṇī - [[spoken/1969/690325in.haw|Initiation]] — March 25, 1969, Hawaii And if we, suppose, construct a huge building and nobody comes, then what is the use of spending money? - [[spoken/1969/690504in.bos|Initiation of Baradrāj and Chandanācārya]] — May 4, 1969, Boston Chandanācārya, a great preacher of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement - [[spoken/1969/690514we.col|Initiation of Śrī Caitanya and Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhatī]] — May 14, 1969, Columbus It is stated, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ - [[spoken/1969/690521in.nv|Initiation lecture [Partially Recorded]]] — May 21, 1969, New Vrindavan , Bhāgavata interpretation is that he is cheating the atheist person - [[spoken/1969/690525in.nv|Brāhmaṇa Initiation Lecture]] — May 25, 1969, New Vrindavan So Brahman, Brahman, nirviśeṣa-brahman, impersonal Brahman, when one understands, jñānaṁ vijñānam - [[spoken/1969/690604in.nv|Initiation Lecture, Bhagavān & Kṛṣṇa-bhāmini Marriage Ceremony]] — June 4, 1969, New Vrindavan So keeping this point of view, if we follow the regulative principle, then - [[spoken/1969/690622le.nv|Initiation Lecture]] — June 22, 1969, New Vrindavan Therefore such child, they are all fortunate child - [[spoken/1969/690716in.la|Lecture at Initiation Fire Sacrifice]] — July 16, 1969, Los Angeles So when one cannot understand his sufferings of this material contamination, his life is animal life - [[spoken/1969/690827in.ham|Initiation Lecture]] — August 27, 1969, Hamburg So, viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā - [[spoken/1969/691001in.lon|Initiations & Wedding]] — October 1, 1969, Tittenhurst Park The purport of this mantra, mantra means—man means mind and tra means delivering - [[spoken/1969/691226in.bos|Initiation Lecture]] — December 26, 1969, Boston So this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is purifying your existence ## 1970 - [[spoken/1970/700220in.la|Initiation Lecture]] — February 20, 1970, Los Angeles Therefore He is singular number, He is always singular number - [[spoken/1970/700622in.la|Initiation of Lakṣmī-priyā & Mṛga-netrī Dāsīs]] — June 22, 1970, Los Angeles So therefore these hands and legs which we have got, this is Kṛṣṇa's hands and legs - [[spoken/1970/700703in.la|Initiations Śrī Raṅga, Romaharṣaṇa, Śrīdhara and Gopāla]] — July 3, 1970, Los Angeles Ten kinds of offenses, they are mentioned in the paper - [[spoken/1970/700720in.la|Sannyāsa Initiation]] — July 20, 1970, Los Angeles According to impersonalist, they say sādhakānām hitārthaya brahmaṇo rūpa kalpanaḥ ## 1971 - [[spoken/1971/710702in.la|Initiation Lecture [Partially Recorded]]] — July 2, 1971, Los Angeles So similarly, Kṛṣṇa's name, we should not try to exact some material profit by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra - [[spoken/1971/710703in.la|Initiation Lecture]] — July 3, 1971, Los Angeles But another side is that he wants to live, because actually he does not die - [[spoken/1971/710705in.la|Initiation of Rāma-rañjana]] — July 5, 1971, Los Angeles That was the Rāmacandra's business: to kill Rāvaṇa - [[spoken/1971/710713in.la|Initiation Lecture]] — July 13, 1971, Los Angeles So after accepting as spiritual master there was no talking on the equal level - [[spoken/1971/710717in.det|Initiations]] — July 17, 1971, Detroit A non devotee is always envious their business is to become envious - [[spoken/1971/710718in.det|Initiations]] — July 18, 1971, Detroit Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane - [[spoken/1971/710721in.ny|Initiations]] — July 21, 1971, New York Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king - [[spoken/1971/710722in.ny|Initiations]] — July 22, 1971, New York Sudhamani. Sudhamani, yes. Brilliant night. You know the rules? That's all right. [japa] - [[spoken/1971/710723in.ny|Initiations]] — July 23, 1971, New York Brahma-vita, \"whose profession is to realize Brahman - [[spoken/1971/710724in.ny|Initiations]] — July 24, 1971, New York There was a very powerful king, his name was Puru - [[spoken/1971/710725in.ny|Initiations]] — July 25, 1971, New York Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam [Cc Ādi 7 - [[spoken/1971/710726in.ny|Initiations]] — July 26, 1971, New York One is a small insect, which is called indra-gopa, and beginning from this indra up to the mahā-indra, the king of heaven, they are all under the reaction of fruitive activities - [[spoken/1971/710727bs.ny|Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā 5.33 Initiations and Trivikrama Sannyas]] — July 27, 1971, New York This verse, aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti [Bs - [[spoken/1971/710728in.ny|Initiation Lecture]] — July 28, 1971, New York The modern scientist says that you go to the end of the sky cover, it will take forty thousands of years by the light year - [[spoken/1971/710822in.lon|Initiation Lecture]] — August 22, 1971, London So Caitanya-caritāmṛta says, ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva - [[spoken/1971/710907in.lon|Initiation Lecture]] — September 7, 1971, London Just like there is a propaganda, nature means to become animal ## 1972 - [[spoken/1972/720118in.jai|Sannyāsa Initiation of Tamal Kṛṣṇa]] — January 18, 1972, Jaipur This mantra was previously chanted by Lord Caitanya when He took sannyāsa - [[spoken/1972/720317in.bom|Initiations and Lecture]] — March 17, 1972, Bombay So our Vedic literature accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not only at the present moment, but in the past also, great sages like Vyāsadeva, Nārada, Asita, Devala - [[spoken/1972/720406in.mel|Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Installation, Wedding and Initiations]] — April 6, 1972, Melbourne So you are getting initiation in this auspicious day when Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī, His eternal consort, is now being situated, er, established, installed, on this auspicious moment, and you will be initiated to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in the - [[spoken/1972/720409in.syd|Initiations and Wedding Glebe Temple, in Backyard, A Former Tennis Court]] — April 9, 1972, Sydney So being afraid, he wanted to be saved by his youngest son - [[spoken/1972/720507in.hon|Sannyāsa Initiation of Siddha-svarūpānanda]] — May 7, 1972, Honolulu adhyāsitāṁ, pūrva, tamair, mahadbhiḥ, ahaṁ, tariṣyāmi, duranta, pāraṁ, tamo, mukundāṅghri, niṣevayaiva - [[spoken/1972/720523in.la|Initiations]] — May 23, 1972, Los Angeles Śuklāmbara was a great brahmacārī devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu - [[spoken/1972/720527in.la|Sannyāsa Initiation Lecture]] — May 27, 1972, Los Angeles So according to Vedic system, one takes sannyāsa at the fag end of life, just like I have taken - [[spoken/1972/720621in.la|Initiations]] — June 21, 1972, Los Angeles Vṛndāvaneśvarī is another name of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī - [[spoken/1972/720901in.nv|Initiations]] — September 1, 1972, New Vrindavan oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṇa] - [[spoken/1972/721022in.vrn|Sannyāsa Initiations]] — October 22, 1972, Vrndavana comes from fire, smoke is not acceptable, but fire is acceptable ## 1973 - [[spoken/1973/730126in.cal|Sannyāsa Initiation Lecture]] — January 26, 1973, Calcutta So renouncement, simply giving up something, is not very good idea - [[spoken/1973/730317to.may|Māyāpur Temple Inauguration with Śrīdhara Mahārāja, plus Mahāṁsa's Sanyass Initiation]] — March 13, 1973, Calcutta Śrīdhara Mahārāja: [indistinct], conceived the innermost [indistinct], this is wonderful, [indistinct], I am rather [indistinct], this is not a chance confident eh? - [[spoken/1973/730416in.la|Initiations]] — April 16, 1973, Los Angeles So Kuvera became very much pleased that although he could kill all the descendants of Kuvera, he stopped it - [[spoken/1973/730501in.la|Initiations]] — May 1, 1973, **Los Angeles Now chant all mantras. [chants word-by-word, and devotees repeat] - [[spoken/1973/730515in.la|Initiation Ceremony]] — May 15, 1973, Los Angeles Although they are running very fast, but according to śāstra, they are sleeping because they do not know what is life - [[spoken/1973/731204we.la|Wedding of Bali-mardana and Initiation of Taittireyā dāsi]] — December 4, 1973, Los Angeles So we recommend that in whatever position you feel comfortable, you can accept that, but, I mean to say, spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement - [[spoken/1973/731205in.la|Initiations]] — December 5, 1973, Los Angeles Nātha is the name of the master, Kṛṣṇa, sa-nātha jīvita - [[spoken/1973/731210in.la|Initiations]] — December 10, 1973, Los Angeles Sura, this word, it, it becomes, sura means \"liquor,\" and sura means \"the demigods or the devotees - [[spoken/1973/731225in.la|Initiation Ceremony]] — December 25, 1973, Los Angeles Oh. Yes. We can give. So come on. No, no, mantra, one mantra. That mantra. Chant mantra, then I will give the name ## 1974 - [[spoken/1974/740110in.la|Initiations]] — January 10, 1974, Los Angeles Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyaṁ na janma-koṭibhiḥ sukṛtibhir labhyate - [[spoken/1974/740128in.hon|Initiation Lecture]] — January 28, 1974, Honolulu Like cats, dogs, birds, beasts, we have satisfied our senses in so many life - [[spoken/1974/740701in.mel|Initiation Ceremony]] — July 1, 1974, **Melbourne puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṇa]: \"I offer my respectful obeisances whose name, holy name, by remembering, by chanting, one becomes purified in either condition, purified or impurified,\" apavitraḥ, pavitraḥ; sarvāvasthāṁ ## 1975 - [[spoken/1975/750222in.car|Initiation Lecture]] — February 22, 1975, Caracas Ladies and gentlemen, devotees, and boys and girls - [[spoken/1975/750603in.hon|Initiation of Ambarīṣa dāsa]] — June 3, 1975, Honolulu So this our process is ādau gurvāśrayam [Bhakti-rasāmṛta sindhu 1 - [[spoken/1975/750710in.chi|Lecture and Initiation]] — July 10, 1975, Chicago This verse is given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī about Caitanya Mahāprabhu, anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau - [[spoken/1975/750711in.chi|Bābājī Initiation]] — July 11, 1975, Chicago I am accepting this dress following the footprints of other ācāryas - [[spoken/1975/750721in.sf|Gurudāsa Sannyāsa and Harināma Initiations]] — July 21, 1975, San Francisco So Caitanya Mahāprabhu also accepted sannyāsa in very young age, when He was only twenty-four years - [[spoken/1975/751118in.bom|Sannyāsa Initiation]] — November 18, 1975, Bombay Sannyāsa means that finishing all material desires - [[spoken/1975/751206le.vrn|Sannyāsa Initiation Lecture]] — December 6, 1975, Vrndavana This sannyāsa life means simply devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead ## 1976 - [[spoken/1976/760205in.may|Sannyāsa Initiation of Viraha Prakāśa Swami]] — February 5, 1976, Mayapur Anantarām Śāstrījī: [chants mantras for fire sacrifice; devotees loudly chanting japa] [break] - [[spoken/1976/760316in.may|Sannyāsa and Harināma Initiations]] — March 16, 1976, Mayapur According to Vedic system, there is purificatory process - [[spoken/1976/760404in.vrn|Initiation Talk [Partially Recorded]]] — April 4, 1976, Vrndavana that we [indistinct] accepted devotees from any part of the world - [[spoken/1976/760423in.mel|Initiation Lecture [Partially Recorded]]] — April 23, 1976, Melbourne So this initiation by the grace of guru and Kṛṣṇa, do not take it very leniently - [[spoken/1976/760615in.det|Initiations]] — June 15, 1976, Detroit Go on with... You go on with your mantra. You can perform bathing ceremony. [chants Brahma-saṁhitā and Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā ślokas responsively for installation of Gaura-Nitāi Deities] - [[spoken/1976/760618in.tor|Initiation Lecture]] — June 18, 1976, Toronto There are two kinds of knowledge: divya and mundane - [[spoken/1976/760822in.hyd|Initiation Lecture]] — August 22, 1976, Hyderabad So this morning we are having initiation ceremony for some devotees - [[spoken/1976/760831in.del|Initiations]] — August 31, 1976, Delhi First nāma-aparādha is satāṁ nindā nāmnaḥ paramam aparādhaṁ vitanute yataḥ khyātiṁ yātaṁ katham u sahate tad-vigarhāmParamam aparādham ## 1977 - [[spoken/1977/770529r2.vrn|Sannyāsa Initiation and Conversation with Svarūpa Dāmodara]] — May 29, 1977, Vrndavana Spiritual master who has opened the eyes, he is, spiritual master, the life of the disciple