Initiations – May 1, 1973, Los Angeles

730501IN-Los Angeles [14:07 Minutes]

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

Now, give these beads. [devotees chant japa]

Brahmananda: Brahmananda Puri.

Prabhupada: Huh?

Brahmananda: Brahmananda Puri.

Prabhupada: Paramananda.

Brahmananda: Brahmananda.

Prabhupada: Brahmananda. Brahmananda, his name already there.

Brahmananda: Brahmananda Puri.

Prabhupada: All right. So, you are Brahmananda Puri. You know the rules and regulation? What is that?

Brahmananda Puri: No gambling, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no illicit sex.

Prabhupada: Hmm. How many rounds you will chant?

Brahmananda Puri: Sixteen rounds.

Prabhupada: Take it. All right. Come on. Don't drop. Hare Krsna.

Devotees: Hare Krsna! [everyone chants japa]

Brahmananda: Robert? Gahga dasa.

Prabhupada: 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.

Prabhupada: Your name is Gahga dasa. 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.

Brahmananda: Bhojadeva.

Prabhupada: Bhojadeva. Hare Krsna. [devotees chant japa] What are the rules?

Bopadeva: No meat-eating, fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.

Brahmananda: Bopadeva.

Prabhupada: Bopadeva, yours. Hare Krsna. [japa] What are the rules and regulation?

Yajna-priya dasi: No illicit sex [indistinct].

Brahmananda: Yajna-priya dasi.

Prabhupada: Yajna-priya dasi. Come on. Hare Krsna.

[devotees chant japa]

Yajnaiḥ sahkirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ [SB 11.5.32].

[japa] You know the rules and regulations? What are those? Thank you.

Brahmananda: Bhuvanesvara dasa.

Prabhupada: Bhuvanesvara dasa. Thank you. [devotees chant japa] Rules?

Brahmananda: Krsna Caitanya dasa.

Prabhupada: Krsna Caitanya dasa.

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol!

Prabhupada: Very good name.

Brahmananda: [indistinct].

Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. Come on. [japa] What are the rules?

Devotee: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

Brahmananda: Asura-kula-nasana.

Prabhupada: Ohh. Very big name. [laughter] Asura-kula-nasana. 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]

Brahmananda: Leslie. [devotee chant japa]

Prabhupada: You know who is demon? You know who is demon? Asura-kula-nasana, you know who is demon? Who is that? Who is demon?

Asura-kula-nasana: Oh, karmis. [laughter]

Prabhupada: No, not only karmis; others also. So-called scientist.

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol!

Prabhupada: Mayayapahrta-jnana [Bg 7.15]. Anyone who is posing himself as very much advanced in education but has no knowledge in Krsna, he is also a demon.

Devotees: Jaya!

Svarūpa Damodara: Who is not a devotee of Krsna...

Prabhupada: Hah?

Svarūpa Damodara: ...he's a demon.

Prabhupada: 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.

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 Krsna 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.

Brahmananda: Taraka dasi.

Prabhupada: Taraka-devi dasi. One of the gopis.

Devotees: Jaya.

Prabhupada: Thank you very much.

Brahmananda: Terry. [devotees chant japa]

Prabhupada: What he is doing? What are the rules and regulation?

Terry: No meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no gambling and no intoxication.

Prabhupada: Hmm. Strictly.

Terry: Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

Prabhupada: Come on. What is it?

Brahmananda: Tejomaya.

Prabhupada: Tejomaya. Who is Tejomaya? You know? Who is Tejomaya? You know? Tejomaya, we have explained: the sun. Sun is Tejomaya. Asesa-tejaḥ. Sun. Tejomaya. Nobody can compare with his temperature. [devotees chant japa]

Prabhupada: Who is next?

Brahmananda: Caroline? Caroline?

Prabhupada: [japa] What are the rules and regulation?

Caroline: No meat, fish or eggs, no gambling, no intoxication and no illicit sex.

Prabhupada: Are you insured? [laughter] Insured?

Caroline: [indistinct]

Prabhupada: 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.

Brahmananda: Cinmayi dasi.

Prabhupada: Cinmayi. Yes. That is your insurance. Cinmayi: to become spiritually conscious. That is the best insurance.

Devotees: Jaya. [japa]

Brahmananda: Jodie? Jodie?

Prabhupada: 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.

Prabhupada: Thank you.

Brahmananda: Kala-rūpa.

Prabhupada: Kala-rūpa. Vicious. When Krsna appears in the Battle of Kuruksetra, virat-rūpa, he inquired to Arjuna, "Who are You?" He said, "Kala-rūpa." Kala-rūpa means, "I have come…, I have appeared to kill all these demons." Hare Krsna. Now chant. [japa] You know the rules and regulation?

Kalacandra: No illicit sex life, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling.

Prabhupada: Very good. What is intoxication?

Kalacandra: Smoking.

Prabhupada: Hah?

Kalacandra: Smoking.

Prabhupada: What are these?

Brahmananda: He said cigarette.

Prabhupada: Tea also. Yes. Tea, coffee-all these are intoxicants. So?

Brahmananda: Kalacandra.

Prabhupada: Hmm. Kalacandra. Come on. Hare Krsna. Kalacandra dasa. You are Gauracandra, but you are servant of Kalacandra. Kalacandra is another name of Krsna. So thank you very much. Hare Krsna.

Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! All glories to Srila Prabhupada. [end]