Initiations

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

nama apavitraḥ pavitro vā
sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā
yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
sa bahyābhyantaraḥ-śuciḥ
[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:
Whois not a devotee of Kṛṣṇa…

Prabhupāda:
Hah?

Svarūpa Dāmodara:
…he’s ademon.

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]