720523IN.LA
720523IN.LA
Initiations
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May 23, 1972, Los Angeles
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May 23, 1972, Los Angeles
720523IN-Los Angeles [28:56 Minutes]
Suklambara was a great brahmacari devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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Prabhupada: [Govindam prayers] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Sri 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]
om apavitrah pavitro va
sarvavastham gato 'pi va yah smaret pundarikaksam sa bahyabhyantara-sucih sri-visnu sri-visnu sri-visnu. [Garuda Purana] [devotees chant japa] [repeats mantra twice more]
[07:49]
Prabhupada: Vande 'ham.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca
sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca [Pranama Prayers] Prabhupada: Go on.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine nama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktisiddhanta-sarasvatiti namine sri-varsabhanavi-devi-dayitaya krpabdhaye
krsna-sambandha-vijnana-dayine prabhave namah madhuryojjvala-premadhya-sri-rupanuga-bhaktida
sri-gaura-karuna-sakti-vigrahaya namo 'stu te namas te gaura-vani-sri-murtaye dina-tarine
rupanuga-viruddhapasiddhanta-dhvanta-harine namo gaura-kisoraya saksad-vairagya-murtaye
Prabhupada: [corrects pronunciation.]
vipralambha-rasambhode padambujaya te namah
namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda-namine
gaura-sakti-svarupaya rupanuga-varaya te gauravirbhava-bhumes tvam nirdesta saj-jana-priyah
vaisnava-sarvabhaumah sri-jagannathaya te namah namo vancha-kalpa-tarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te
krsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah panca-tattvatmakam krsnam bhakta-rupa-svarupakam
bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhakta-saktikam he krsna karuna-sindho
dina-bandho jagat-pate gopesa gopika-kanta radha-kanta namo 'stu te jayatam suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gati
mat-sarvasva-padambhojau radha-madana-mohanau divyad-vrndaranya-kalpa-drumadhah
srimad-ratnagara-simhasana-sthau sri-sri-radha-srila-govinda-devau presthalibhih sevyamanau smarami sriman rasa-rasarambhi vamsi-vata-tata-sthitah
karsan venu-svanair gopir gopinathah sriye 'stu nah tapta-kancana-gauraṅgi radhe vrndavanesvari
vrsabhanu-sute devi pranamami hari-priye Prabhupada: Thank you. Go on. Names? [japa]
Syamasundara: Serge? [to Prabhupada:] Suklambara. Suklambara.
Prabhupada: You know the rules? What is that?
Serge: No taking of meat,
Prabhupada: Hmm.
Serge: ...fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxicants.
Prabhupada: Thank you. Your name is Suklambara. Suklambara was a great brahmacari devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You are servant of Suklambara. Hare Krsna.
Syamasundara: Carla? [to Prabhupada:] Kumada. Kumada dasi. Kumada?
Prabhupada: Kaumudi.
Syamasundara: Kaumudi dasi.
Prabhupada: Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? Yes, tell.
Carla: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.
Prabhupada: So your name is Kaumudi dasi. Kaumudi is a nice flower liked by Krsna. [laughter] [japa]
Prabhupada: Next.
Syamasundara: No name.
Prabhupada: What is your name?
Karanda: Marilyn.
Syamasundara: Rupa-manjari dasi.
Prabhupada: 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.
Prabhupada: Hmm. Hare Krsna. So your name is Rupa-manjari dasi. There are different gopis. The assistant gopis is manjaris. So Rupa-manjari, you, this maidservant of Rupa-manjari. Hmm. Come on.
Syamasundara: Tim O'Connor?
Prabhupada: What are the rules?
Tim: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.
Prabhupada: Thank you.
Syamasundara: Brahmanya-tirtha dasa.
Prabhupada: Brahmanya-tirtha dasa. [japa]
Syamasundara: Will? Will McLoughlin?
Prabhupada: Where is the [indistinct] machine?
Devotee (2): [indistinct] Can't get it back up. [indistinct] Can't get it through the hole.
Prabhupada: 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.
Prabhupada: Hmm. Thank you.
Syamasundara: Varuna dasa. Varuna.
Prabhupada: Varuna dasa. Varunadeva. Varunadeva is the demigod of..., sea?
Syamasundara: Yes.
Prabhupada: Yes. You have to control the Pacific Ocean, [laughter] preaching. [laughter] All the Pacific islands, you have to preach. Is that all right?
Varunadeva: Jaya. [laughter]
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. No laughing.
Syamasundara: Sheila?
Prabhupada: [japa]
Syamasundara: Srila dasi.
Prabhupada: Huh?
Syamasundara: Srila dasi.
Prabhupada: Srila?
Syamasundara: Srila. Srila dasi.
Prabhupada: 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.
Prabhupada: 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.
Prabhupada: That's all right. So your name is Srila dasi, maidservant of the goddess of fortune.
Sheila: Srila dasi?
Prabhupada: Srila. Yes. S-r-i-l-a. [japa]
Syamasundara: Ah, Laurie? Laura?
Prabhupada: [japa] Hmm. You know the rules? Yes.
Laura: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicants, no illicit sex and no gambling.
Prabhupada: Thank you.
Syamasundara: Lakaṅga-manjari.
Prabhupada: Eh?
Syamasundara: Lakaṅga-manjari dasi.
Prabhupada: Lakaṅga? Lavaṅga.
Devotee: Lakaṅga...
Prabhupada: What is the spelling?
Syamasundara: L-a-k[?]-a-n-g-a. Labaṅga. Must be Labaṅga. Labaṅga-manjari.
Prabhupada: Lavaṅga-manjari is already there. [japa]
Syamasundara: Labaṅga-manjari dasi.
Prabhupada: The Lavaṅga is already there, Lavaṅga-manjari.
Devotee (3): Lavaṅga-latika.
Prabhupada: Lavaṅga-latika.
Devotee (4): Anaṅga-manjari.
Prabhupada: Hmm? Anaṅga-manjari, all right?
Syamasundara: Lavaṅga manjari?
Prabhupada: No. Anaṅga. Anaṅga-manjari is there?
Devotee (4): Yes.
Prabhupada: So all right, Lavaṅga-manjari. Lavaṅga-manjari. Assistant of Lavaṅga-lata. [japa]
Syamasundara: Robert Gorman?
Prabhupada: [japa]
Syamasundara: Vyasatirtha dasa.
Prabhupada: You know the rules and regulation?
Robert: No meat-eating, no sex life, no intoxication, no gambling.
Prabhupada: And how many rounds you have to chant?
Robert: At least sixteen.
Prabhupada: Thank you. Hmm?
Syamasundara: Katherine. Katherine?
Prabhupada: No, no.
Syamasundara: Oh. Vyasa...
Prabhupada: Vyasatirtha, one of the acaryas in our sampradaya.
Robert: Vyasatirtha?
Prabhupada: Vyasatirtha. Remember; don't forget. [laughter]
Syamasundara: Katherine?
Prabhupada: [japa] Very good.
Syamasundara: Kalavinka dasi. Kalavinka dasi?
Prabhupada: Kala.
Syamasundara: Kalavinka.
Prabhupada: Kalavinka?
Syamasundara: Kalanvinka.
Prabhupada: There is no such name. All right, give her name Kalavati. So your name is Kalavati dasi. Take this. You know the rules and regulation?
Kalavati: Yes, Srila Prabhupada.
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. Come on. Come on. Don't take...
Syamasundara: Dirk?
Prabhupada: What is name?
Syamasundara: Dattatreya dasa. Dattatreya.
Prabhupada: You know the rules and regulation? What are they?
Dirk: No meat-eating, no intoxicants, no gambling and no illicit sex.
Prabhupada: That's nice. So you are Dattatreya dasa. Dattatreya dasa, an incarnation of Krsna, Dattatreya. Hare Krsna. So, arati begin. Bhaja bhakata-vatsala? [japa] [end]
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