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Initiations

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Puravī means eastern, not western.

Aravinda:
[indistinct]

Prabhupāda:
Come on.

Aravinda:
One at a time.

Prabhupāda:
One at a time. [japa] Hmm. [indistinct]

Aravinda:
Vince.

Prabhupāda:
Śruta-kīrti. Whose activities are world famous. Come on. What are the rules?

Śruta-kīrti:
No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication [indistinct]…

Prabhupāda:
How many rounds you’ll chant?

Śruta-kīrti:
Around twenty.

Prabhupāda:
Huh?

Śruta-kīrti:
Around twenty.

Prabhupāda:
All right. [japa] [break]

Aravinda:
Sudhamani.

Prabhupāda:
Sudhamani. Sudhamani, yes. Brilliant night. You know the rules? That’s all right. [japa]

Aravinda:
Puravī. Puravī.

Prabhupāda:
Puravī. Puravī means eastern, not western. [laughter] Come on.

Devotee:
Are these your beads? [devotee offers obeisances]

Aravinda:
Śrutadeva.

Prabhupāda:
Śrutadeva. Śrutadeva means Viṣṇu. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? Yes. [Śrutadeva offers obeisances] Come on. Next. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Yes. [japa]

Aravinda:
Harikeśa.

Prabhupāda:
Harikeśa. [Harikeśa offers obeisances] Harikeśa means hairs of God. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hmm.

Aravinda:
Ravīndra-svarūpa.

Prabhupāda:
Ravīndra-svarūpa. “Just like sunshine.” Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? [devotees chanting japa] Come on. Who is it? Hmm. What is name?

Aravinda:
Rohiṇīdevī.

Prabhupāda:
Rohiṇīdevī. Rohiṇī is the mother of Balarāma. [laughter]

Aravinda:
Devamīda.

Prabhupāda:
Devamīra.

Aravinda:
Devamīra. [devotee offers obeisances] Vijaya-dvaja.

Prabhupāda:
Vijaya-dvaja. Victory flag. Victory flag. His flag is victorious. Come on. Vijaya-dvaja. That means Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [japa]

Aravinda:
Madirā.

Prabhupāda:
Madirā. Madirā means intoxication. [laughter] So you be intoxicated by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So after performing yajña…

Aravinda:
[indistinct] now?

Prabhupāda:
I am going. They may come in my room.

Aravinda:
After the yajña?

Prabhupāda:
Yes.

Aravinda:
Okay. After the yajña the brāhmaṇas, those who are going to be second-initiated, can come to Prabhupāda’s room to receive their threads.

Devotees:
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]