Initiations

Prabhupāda:
[Govindam prayers] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees:
All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances] [japa]

[03:28]

Devotee:
Now we take the water. You hold the spoon in your right hand.

[leads devotees in chanting]

oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā
sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā
yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ

śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu.
[Garuḍa Purāṇa]

[devotees chant japa] [repeats mantra twice more]

[07:49]

Prabhupāda:
*Vande ’ham.*Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]

vande ’haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca
śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam
sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca
[Praṇāma Prayers]

Prabhupāda:
Go on.

Devotee:
[leads devotees in chanting]

namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhaye
kṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥ

mādhuryojjvala-premāḍhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktida
śrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo ’stu te

namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇe
rūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe

namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtaye

Prabhupāda:
[corrects pronunciation.]

vipralambha-rasāmbhode pādāmbujāya te namaḥ

namo bhaktivinodāya sac-cid-ānanda-nāmine
gaura-śakti-svarūpāya rūpānuga-varāya te

gaurāvirbhāva-bhūmes tvaṁ nirdeṣṭā saj-jana-priyaḥ
vaiṣṇava-sārvabhaumaḥ ṣrī-jagannāthāya te namaḥ

namo vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca
patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te
kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ

pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam
bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam

he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho
dīna-bandho jagat-pate
gopeśa gopikā-kānta
rādhā-kānta namo ’stu te

jayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gatī
mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanau

dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ
śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthau
śrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devau
preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi

śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī vaṁśī-vaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ
karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr gopīnāthaḥ śriye ’stu naḥ

tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari
vṛṣabhānu-sute devī praṇamāmi hari-priye

Prabhupāda:
Thank you. Go on. Names? [japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Serge? [to Prabhupāda:] Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara.

Prabhupāda:
You know the rules? What is that?

Serge:
No taking of meat,

Prabhupāda:
Hmm.

Serge:
…fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxicants.

Prabhupāda:
Thank you. Your name is Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara was a great brahmacārī devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You are servant of Śuklāmbara. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Śyāmasundara:
Carla? [to Prabhupāda:] Kumāda. Kumāda dāsī. Kumāda?

Prabhupāda:
Kaumudī.

Śyāmasundara:
Kaumudī dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? Yes, tell.

Carla:
No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda:
So your name is Kaumudī dāsī. Kaumudī is a nice flower liked by Kṛṣṇa. [laughter] [japa]

Prabhupāda:
Next.

Śyāmasundara:
No name.

Prabhupāda:
What is your name?

Karanda:
Marilyn.

Śyāmasundara:
Rūpa-mañjarī dasi.

Prabhupāda:
Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? What is that?

Marilyn:
No illicit sex, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no gambling, no intoxicants.

Prabhupāda:
Hmm. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So your name is Rūpa-mañjarī dasi. There are different gopīs. The assistant gopīs is mañjarīs. So Rūpa-mañjarī, you, this maidservant of Rūpa-mañjarī. Hmm. Come on.

Śyāmasundara:
Tim O’Connor?

Prabhupāda:
What are the rules?

Tim:
No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

Prabhupāda:
Thank you.

Śyāmasundara:
Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa.

Prabhupāda:
Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa. [japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Will? Will McLoughlin?

Prabhupāda:
Where is the [indistinct] machine?

Devotee (2):
[indistinct] Can’t get it back up. [indistinct] Can’t get it through the hole.

Prabhupāda:
You just do it nicely, then.

[to initiate:] You know the rules and regulation?

Will:
No taking of any meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda:
Hmm. Thank you.

Śyāmasundara:
Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇa.

Prabhupāda:
Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇadeva. Varuṇadeva is the demigod of…, sea?

Śyāmasundara:
Yes.

Prabhupāda:
Yes. You have to control the Pacific Ocean, [laughter] preaching. [laughter] All the Pacific islands, you have to preach. Is that all right?

Varuṇadeva:
Jaya. [laughter]

Prabhupāda:
Hare Kṛṣṇa. No laughing.

Śyāmasundara:Sheila?Prabhupāda:
[japa]

**Śyāmasundara:**Śrīla dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
Huh?

**Śyāmasundara:**Śrīla dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
Śrīla?

**Śyāmasundara:**Śrīla. Śrīla dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
Yes, can be. So you know the rules and regulation? Yes. What are they?

Sheila:
No gambling, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicatants and no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda:
What is that, next? Four you have not mentioned.

Sheila:
I have not mentioned four? No intoxicants, no eating meat, fish or eggs, no gambling and no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda:
That’s all right. So your name is Śrīla dāsī, maidservant of the goddess of fortune.

Sheila:
Śrīla dāsī?

Prabhupāda:
Śrīla. Yes. S-r-i-l-a. [japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Ah, Laurie? Laura?

Prabhupāda:
[japa] Hmm. You know the rules? Yes.

Laura:
No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicants, no illicit sex and no gambling.

Prabhupāda:
Thank you.

Śyāmasundara:
Lakaṅga-mañjarī.

Prabhupāda:
Eh?

Śyāmasundara:
Lakaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
Lakaṅga? Lavaṅga.

Devotee:
Lakaṅga…

Prabhupāda:
What is the spelling?

Śyāmasundara:
L-a-k[?]-a-n-g-a. Labaṅga. Must be Labaṅga. Labaṅga-mañjarī.

Prabhupāda:
Lavaṅga-mañjarī is already there. [japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Labaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.

Prabhupāda:
The Lavaṅga is already there, Lavaṅga-mañjarī.

Devotee (3):
Lavaṅga-latika.

Prabhupāda:
Lavaṅga-latika.

Devotee (4):
Anaṅga-mañjarī.

Prabhupāda:
Hmm? Anaṅga-mañjarī, all right?

Śyāmasundara:
Lavaṅga mañjarī?

Prabhupāda:
No. Anaṅga. Anaṅga-mañjarī is there?

Devotee (4):
Yes.

Prabhupāda:
So all right, Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Assistant of Lavaṅga-latā. [japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Robert Gorman?

Prabhupāda:
[japa]

Śyāmasundara:
Vyāsatīrtha dāsa.

Prabhupāda:
You know the rules and regulation?

Robert:
No meat-eating, no sex life, no intoxication, no gambling.

Prabhupāda:
And how many rounds you have to chant?

Robert:
At least sixteen.

Prabhupāda:
Thank you. Hmm?

Śyāmasundara:
Katherine. Katherine?

Prabhupāda:
No, no.

Śyāmasundara:
Oh. Vyāsa…

Prabhupāda:
Vyāsatīrtha, one of the ācāryas in our sampradāya.

Robert:
Vyāsatīrtha?

Prabhupāda:
Vyāsatīrtha. Remember; don’t forget. [laughter]

Śyāmasundara:
Katherine?

Prabhupāda:
[japa] Very good.

Śyāmasundara:
Kālavinka dāsī. Kālavinka dāsī?

Prabhupāda:
Kalā.

Śyāmasundara:
Kalāvinka.

Prabhupāda:
Kalāvinka?

Śyāmasundara:
Kalānvinka.

Prabhupāda:
There is no such name. All right, give her name Kalāvatī. So your name is Kalāvatī dāsī. Take this. You know the rules and regulation?

Kalāvatī:
Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda:
Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. Come on. Don’t take…

Śyāmasundara:
Dirk?

Prabhupāda:
What is name?

Śyāmasundara:
Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya.

Prabhupāda:
You know the rules and regulation? What are they?

Dirk:
No meat-eating, no intoxicants, no gambling and no illicit sex.

Prabhupāda:
That’s nice. So you are Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya dāsa, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Dattātreya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, ārati begin. Bhaja bhakata-vatsala? [japa] [end]