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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[03:28]
Devotee: Now we take the water. You hold the spoon in your right hand.
[leads devotees in chanting]
[07:49]
Prabhupada: Vande 'ham.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
Prabhupada: Go on.
Devotee: [leads devotees in chanting]
Prabhupada: [corrects pronunciation.]
vipralambha-rasambhode padambujaya te namah
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.
Prabhupada: Kaumudi.
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: Next.
Syamasundara: No name.
Prabhupada: What is your name?
Karanda: Marilyn.
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.
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: 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: 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?
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. No laughing.
Syamasundara: Sheila?
Prabhupada: Huh?
Prabhupada: Srila?
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.
Syamasundara: Ah, Laurie? Laura?
Laura: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicants, no illicit sex and no gambling.
Prabhupada: Thank you.
Syamasundara: Lakaṅga-manjari.
Prabhupada: Eh?
Prabhupada: Lakaṅga? Lavaṅga.
Devotee: Lakaṅga...
Prabhupada: What is the spelling?
Devotee (3): Lavaṅga-latika.
Devotee (4): Yes.
Syamasundara: Robert Gorman?
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.
Robert: Vyasatirtha?
Prabhupada: Vyasatirtha. Remember; don't forget. [laughter]
Syamasundara: Katherine?
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.
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