740110IN.LA

740110IN.LA
Initiations
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January 10, 1974, Los Angeles
740110IN-Los Angeles [04:48 Minutes]
Your spiritual name, Gambhira dasa, 'very grave.' That is Krsna
 
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Prabhupada: So your spiritual name is Abhirama...?
Karandhara: Manobhirama.
Prabhupada: Manobhirama. Manobhirama. Manobhirama is Krsna. He pleases everyone's mind.
Devotees: Jaya. Haribol.
Karandhara: David? [break]
Prabhupada: There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? [break] Dhanurdhari. [aside:] Not left. Yes. Dhanurdhari. Dhanurdhari is Lord Ramacandra's name. [pause]
Karandhara: Gilbert? [to Prabhupada:] Gambhira.
Prabhupada: Gambhira. You know the rules and regulation? Here, take. Your spiritual name, Gambhira dasa, "very grave." That is Krsna.
Karandhara: Bill?
Prabhupada: [japa] [break] Baṅke-bihari.
Devotees: Oh, haribol.
Prabhupada: Baṅke means "curved." Krsna stands always this. That is Baṅke-bihari.
Karandhara: Hannah?
Prabhupada: He is not very straight, Krsna. People are crooked, so He is the most crooked. [break]
Karandhara: Hari-sevaka.
Prabhupada: Hari-sevika. So, Hari-sevika, Hari-sevika, "maidservant of Krsna."
Devotees: Jaya. [break]
Karandhara: Delores? [break]
Prabhupada: Greedy for Krsna. Tatra laulyam eka laulyam. To get Krsna, you have only one price: to become greedy for Krsna.
Devotees: Jaya!
Prabhupada: That's all. That is the only... [break]... Tatra laulyam ekalam mulyam na janma-kotibhih sukrtibhir labhyate [Cc Madhya 8.70]. [break]
Karandhara: Vidya.
Prabhupada: Divya. Divya. Your spiritual name is Divya. Divya means "spiritual." [pause]
Karandhara: Dhira-seva.
Prabhupada: Huh?
Karandhara: Dhira-seva.
Prabhupada: Dhira. Dhira-seva. Dhira-lalita. Dhira-seva? No. Dhira-sevi. She is woman. [to devotee:] You know all the rules and regulation? Yes. Your name is Dhira-sevi. Krsna is Dhira. Dhira-lalita.
Karandhara: Sajjana-jivana.
Prabhupada: Sajjana-jivana. You know rules and regulation?
Devotee: No meat-eating, no [indistinct].
Prabhupada: Yes. Sajjana-jivana. Sajjana-jivana. Life is very gentle. So thank you very much. [devotees exclaim] Now begin chanting and yajna. Yajnaih saṅkirtanaih prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah [SB 11.5.32]. That is the yajna, saṅkirtana.
Devotee: Hare Krsna [end]