Initiations – July 17, 1971, Detroit

710717IN-DETROIT [21:25 Minutes]

Devotees: [japa].

Prabhupada: Who's this is? Come on. Just find out a spiritual name... then note.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Not that. [japa]

Devotee: So the grain should be taken by all initiated devotees.

Prabhupada: Eh?

Devotee: For the fire ceremony repeat these prayers from the disciplic succession. At the end of which we will repeat the words svaha, svaha, svaha. Each time…

Prabhupada: Call Aravinda, where he has kept the list?

Aravinda, call Aravinda.

Devotee: Someone ask for Aravinda to come in.

[japa]

Prabhupada: Where is your tilaka? No tilaka? Hmm. You are making mistake from the very beginning. Go on, have your tilaka. [japa]

Whose bead this is? Come on, come forward. Let him come.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: You know the four rules? Tell me? Thank you. How many rounds you will chant? Thank you, thank you, what is his name?

Devotee: Priyavrata.

Prabhupada: Priyabrata, Priyabrata. Priya means the lovable object, Krsna is most dear or lovable object. So who has taken his vow to love Krsna that is Priyavrata.

Devotees: Haribol, haribol.

Prabhupada: Then, come on, next. Who's this is? [japa] You have got bag? Get one bag. For putting your beads, yes, that's all right. [japa].

Always remain with tilaka everyone-that is our trademark.

Devotees: [laughter]. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, haribol!

Prabhupada: [laughs] We are selling Krsna for nothing.

Devotees: [laughter]. All glories. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Jaya Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Without any price. Still people are reluctant to take it, what can be done?

Devotees: [laughter]

Prabhupada: Yes, so this is our trademark.

Devotee: Jaya.

Prabhupada: Come on, who's is it? Hmm, so this is yours? This is yours? Oh. Hm. What is your name?

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Hm. This is yours? Hm. Come on, what is your name?

Devotee: Anasūya.

Prabhupada: Anasūya, Anasūya means who is never envious. A devotee is never envious. A non devotee is always envious their business is to become envious. Because they are envious to Krsna they are envious to everyone. And a devotee because he loves Krsna he loves everyone. This is the philosophy.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: All right. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna [SB 5.18.12].

A non devotee cannot have any good qualifications. It is a fact. So one who is non devotee, you should take immediately that he is not a good man. Hm, come on.

Devotee: Tusita.

Prabhupada: Eh? Tusita. Tusita means-always who satisfies everyone by distributing Krsna consciousness. That's all. You know what are the rules? Tell me?

Tusita: Chant my 16 rounds a day and [indistinct] gamble. …prasadam?

Prabhupada: Hm, you forget?

Devotees: [laughter]

Prabhupada: All right. [laughs] Come on, next.

Devotees: [laughter]

Prabhupada: Hare Krsna.

Devotee: All glories.

Prabhupada: Hare Krsna.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: [japa]

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Hm? Let me distribute whatever you can, a little, chant Hare Krsna. Go on.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Take it. What is your name?

Devotee: Pūrnima dasa.

Prabhupada: Pūrnima, full moon. Pūrnimafull moon. Unless one is full moon. He cannot become Krsna conscious, just like the flavor of the rose comes when it is fully grown. Similarly one's consciousness when it is full grown like moon it distributes the light. So Pūrnima means distributing Krsna consciousness.

Devotee: Jaya.

Prabhupada: Sreyaḥ kairava candrika vitaranam [Siksastaka 1], come on next. [japa] Come on, come on quickly. What is his name?

Devotee: Sures vara.

Prabhupada: Suresvara. Sura means demigod and isvara, controller of the demigods Lord Brahma. Go on. Lord Brahma's servant you are. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, we are always servant, not that I become Lord Brahma. I am servant of Lord Brahma always remember it. Come on next. Who is this? Yes. Hare Krsna. Eh what is his name? Hm what is his name?

Devotee: Hari harah.

Prabhupada: Harihara, Harihara means Krsna who takes away all, I mean to say, undesirable things. Krsna takes away from the devotee all undesirable things. Thank you, go on. Hara, hara means who takes away, harati. Or in other words he takes away all miseries, Hare Krsna, hari haraye namaḥ krsna yadavaya namaḥ, [Nama Sahkirtana 1] Come on what is his name?

Devotee: Suresretha.

Prabhupada: Eh?

Devotee: Surasretha, s u r a s r e s t h a.

Prabhupada: S u?

Devotee: S u r a s r e s t h a

Prabhupada: Surasrestha.

Devotee: Surasrestha.

Prabhupada: Surasrestha one who has taken the shelter of a devotee. He is called Surasrestha. One who has taken shelter of a devotee, that's all, go on.

Devotee: Jaya.

Prabhupada: Next [japa] And tomorrow morning you shall all go and beg alms for the spiritual master. That is the... Anyone who is initiated, he must beg. That is the beginning of brahmacari life, come on. What is his name?

Devotee: Yadavananda.

Prabhupada: Yadavananda, Yadav means the Yadu family and who gives the Yadu family pleasure? That is Krsna. Krsna appeared in the Yadu family therefore his name is Yadavananda. All right now we can begin. So what are the prohibitive rules? Prohibitive rules?

Yadavananda: No meat eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

Prabhupada: Thank you. How many rounds you shall chant?

Yadavananda: At least 16.

Prabhupada: Thank you. Take it. What is your name?

Devotee: Brhaspati.

Prabhupada: Brhaspati, ah very good name. Brhaspati was the priest of demigods. Next.

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Who is this? Come on, come forward.

Devotee: Whose beads are these? Anyone who had a new set of tulsi?

Prabhupada: [Singing softly] Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare... You gave this? It is yours? Yes. What's his name?

Devotee: Jagat-purūsa.

Prabhupada: Jagat-purūsa. Jagat-purūsa means Lord Visnu, take. Hare Krsna.

Devotees: All glories to Srila Prabhupada. [japa]

Prabhupada: Next, come on who is this? Go on you make a bag, you have got bag? Bead bag? Yes, where it is? You must. What is your name?

Svahna: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Eh? What is that?

Devotee: Svahna.

Prabhupada: Hm?

Devotee: Svahna.

Prabhupada: Hm?

Devotee: S v a h n a.

Prabhupada: Svahna. Svahna, Svahna was one of the daughters of Svayambhuva Manu. So you know the prohibitive rules? Prohibitive rules, what are the prohibitive?

Devotee: Four rules.

Prabhupada: Four…

Svahna: No meat eating, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.

Prabhupada: All right, thank you.

Svahna: Can my daughter have a name?

Prabhupada: Eh?

Svahna: I have a daughter could you name her?

Prabhupada: That we shall see... Bhaktimati, Bhaktimati your daughter's name Bhaktimati. Come on, next.

Devotees: [laughter] [japa].

Prabhupada: You know what are the rules, four?

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

Prabhupada: And how many times you will chant?

Pratyatosa: 16 rounds a day.

Prabhupada: Thank you. Take, what is your name?

Pratyatosa: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Eh?

Devotee: Pratyatosa, dasa.

Prabhupada: Pracetasaḥ, Pracetasa he is also son of Manu. Yes. Come on, next. [japa]

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Hm?

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Auḍulomi.

Devotee: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: Auḍulomi.

Devotee: How do you spell it?

Prabhupada: O u d a, o u d a l a m i.. Dasa.

Devotee: l a m i?

Prabhupada: Yes. A great Sage. You know the rules? So, yes.

Auḍulomi: No intoxication,

Prabhupada: Yes.

Auḍulomi: No illicit sex, no meat eating and no gambling.

Prabhupada: And how many rounds you will chant?

Auḍulomi: 16 rounds.

Prabhupada: All right, take it. Next? Yes. [japa]

Devotee: Santosa.

Prabhupada: Santosa, very satisfied, come on.

Devotees: [laughter]

Prabhupada: Hare Krsna.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Next, come on.

Devotees: [japa]

Devotee: Vibhu.

Prabhupada: Hm, Vibhu, Vibhu means the great. Krsna is the great. God is great. So Vibhu dasa you are the servant of the great. Come on. Next. Come on.

Devotee: Rocana.

Prabhupada: Rocana. Rocana means agreeable. So agreeable, devotional service is most agreeable thing. So try to make people agreeable to devotional service. That's all. Next. Come on.

Devotees: [japa]

Devotee: Srila Prabhupada we have two more beads left.

Prabhupada: Hm?

Devotee: We have two more beads left.

Prabhupada: Come on.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Everyone should note down your spiritual name, otherwise you will forget. [laughter] Yes. Make them.

Devotee: [laughter]

Prabhupada: Santi. Santi means peaceful. Peace personified, come on. You know the rules?

Santi: No meat eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication.

Prabhupada: Thank you. All right the other two give me. You go on arranging.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Give me the other.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: [japa]

[20.20] [break, louder].

You have seen the chanting process, each bead:

Like that. Simply rolling or not, then again next.

Touching not this finger, simply like this.

Like that.

Devotees: [japa]

Prabhupada: Like this. Name? Hmm?

Kavi: Kavi.

Prabhupada: Kavi, Kavi means great poet who can write nice glories of Lord Krsna. You should write nice glorification poetry. Can you write poetry? Yes, do it. [indistinct], go on. [japa]

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Prabhupada: So there are ten kinds of offenses. That is described. And the most important point is the committing sin on the strength of chanting Hare Krsna mantra. This is a fact that as soon you chant 'Krsna,' all your resultant action of sinful activities immediately nullified. But if we again commit that sins, that is up to you.

So we should not make it a business that 'Let me go on committing sins, and it will be counteracted by chanting.' No. This is not good. This is the greatest offense. Sometimes in Christian Church there is confession, and again they go and commit the same sin, and next time, again confession. Not like that. That is not good. One confession admitting, excused. But not that you commit sins over and over again and it will be excused. Similarly, you cannot commit sins on the strength of chanting. That is the greatest offense. [end]