Initiation Ceremony in Los Angeles

0:00[Govindam prayers] [prema-dhvani]

Opening prayers and devotional songs

1:02Prabhupāda: Thank you very much.

8:03Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances] [japa]

8:08Devotee: Now we take the water. You hold the spoon in your right hand. [leads devotees in chanting] oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vāsarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vāyaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁsa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥśrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu śrī-viṣṇu.[Garuḍa Purāṇa] [devotees chant japa] [repeats mantra twice more]

8:33Prabhupāda: Vande 'ham. [leads devotees in chanting]

8:42CC Antya 2.1বন্দেঽহং শ্রীগুরোঃ শ্রীযুতপদকমলং শ্রীগুরূন্ বৈষ্ণবাংশ্চ শ্রীরূপং সাগ্রজাতং সহগণরঘুনাথান্বিতং তং সজীবম্ ।সাদ্বৈতং সাবধূতং পরিজনসহিতং কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যদেবং শ্রীরাধাকৃষ্ণপাদান্ সহগণললিতা-শ্রীবিশাখান্বিতাংশ্চ ॥ ১ ॥vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāmś caśrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvamsādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁśrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāmś caI offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvāmīs, including Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the gopīs, headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā.

Purification rituals and sacred mantras

10:05[Praṇāma Prayers]

10:05Go on. [leads devotees in chanting]

10:54namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇenirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇenama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmineśrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhayekṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥmādhuryojjvala-premāḍhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktidaśrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu tenamas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇerūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe

11:12Devotee: namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtaye [corrects pronunciation.]

13:08Prabhupāda: vipralambha-rasāmbhode pādāmbujāya te namaḥ

14:46namo bhaktivinodāya sac-cid-ānanda-nāminegaura-śakti-svarūpāya rūpānuga-varāya tegaurāvirbhāva-bhūmes tvaṁ nirdeṣṭā saj-jana-priyaḥvaiṣṇava-sārvabhaumaḥ ṣrī-jagannāthāya te namaḥnamo vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva capatitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥnamo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya tekṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥpañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakambhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikamhe kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindhodīna-bandho jagat-pategopeśa gopikā-kāntarādhā-kānta namo 'stu tejayatāṁ suratau paṅgor mama manda-mater gatīmat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madana-mohanaudīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥśrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthauśrī-śrī-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devaupreṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmiśrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī vaṁśī-vaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥkarṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr gopīnāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥtapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devī praṇamāmi hari-priye

16:13Thank you. Go on. Names? [japa]

16:42Śyāmasundara: Serge? [to Prabhupāda:] Śuklāmbara.

Initiation of male disciples

16:53Śuklāmbara.

16:59Prabhupāda: You know the rules? What is that?

17:05Serge: No taking of meat,

17:11Prabhupāda: Hmm.

17:11Serge: ...fish or eggs, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxicants.

17:14Prabhupāda: Thank you. Your name is Śuklāmbara. Śuklāmbara was a great brahmacārī devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You are servant of Śuklāmbara. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

17:41Śyāmasundara: Carla? [to Prabhupāda:] Kumāda. Kumāda dāsī. Kumāda?

17:53Prabhupāda: Kaumudī.

17:55Śyāmasundara: Kaumudī dāsī.

18:00Prabhupāda: Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? Yes, tell. Carla: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex. So your name is Kaumudī dāsī. Kaumudī is a nice flower liked by Kṛṣṇa. [laughter] [japa] Next.

18:36Śyāmasundara: No name.

19:00Prabhupāda: What is your name? Karanda: Marilyn.

19:01Śyāmasundara: Rūpa-mañjarī dasi.

19:01Prabhupāda: Hmm. You know the rules and regulation? What is that?

19:01Marilyn: No illicit sex, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no gambling, no intoxicants.

19:08Prabhupāda: Hmm. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So your name is Rūpa-mañjarī dasi. There are different gopīs. The assistant gopīs is mañjarīs. So Rūpa-mañjarī, you, this maidservant of Rūpa-mañjarī. Hmm. Come on.

19:39Śyāmasundara: Tim O'Connor?

20:08Prabhupāda: What are the rules? Tim: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling. Thank you.

20:17Śyāmasundara: Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa.

20:24Prabhupāda: Brahmaṇya-tīrtha dāsa. [japa]

20:31Śyāmasundara: Will? Will McLoughlin?

20:36Prabhupāda: Where is the [indistinct] machine? [indistinct]

20:40Devotee (2): Can't get it back up. [indistinct] Can't get it through the hole.

20:47Prabhupāda: 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. Hmm. Thank you.

21:08Śyāmasundara: Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇa.

21:09Prabhupāda: Varuṇa dāsa. Varuṇadeva. Varuṇadeva is the demigod of..., sea?

21:19Śyāmasundara: Yes.

21:20Prabhupāda: Yes. You have to control the Pacific Ocean, [laughter] preaching. [laughter] All the Pacific islands, you have to preach. Is that all right? Varuṇadeva: Jaya. [laughter] Hare Kṛṣṇa. No laughing.

22:00Śyāmasundara: Sheila? [japa] Śrīla dāsī.

Initiation of female disciples

22:05Prabhupāda: Huh?

22:06Śyāmasundara: Śrīla dāsī.

22:08Prabhupāda: Śrīla?

22:09Śyāmasundara: Śrīla. Śrīla dāsī.

22:12Prabhupāda: Yes, can be. So you know the rules and regulation? Yes. What are they?

22:23Sheila: No gambling, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicatants and no illicit sex.

22:23Prabhupāda: What is that, next? Four you have not mentioned.

22:41Sheila: I have not mentioned four? No intoxicants, no eating meat, fish or eggs, no gambling and no illicit sex.

22:47Prabhupāda: That's all right. So your name is Śrīla dāsī, maidservant of the goddess of fortune.

23:04Sheila: Śrīla dāsī?

23:07Prabhupāda: Śrīla. Yes. S-r-i-l-a. [japa]

23:13Śyāmasundara: Ah, Laurie? Laura? [japa]

23:35Prabhupāda: Hmm. You know the rules? Yes. Laura: No taking of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxicants, no illicit sex and no gambling. Thank you.

23:45Śyāmasundara: Lakaṅga-mañjarī.

23:47Prabhupāda: Eh?

23:47Śyāmasundara: Lakaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.

23:50Prabhupāda: Lakaṅga? Lavaṅga.

23:52Devotee: Lakaṅga...

23:56Prabhupāda: What is the spelling?

23:57Śyāmasundara: L-a-k[?]-a-n-g-a. Labaṅga. Must be Labaṅga. Labaṅga-mañjarī.

24:16Prabhupāda: Lavaṅga-mañjarī is already there. [japa]

24:19Śyāmasundara: Labaṅga-mañjarī dāsī.

24:19Prabhupāda: The Lavaṅga is already there, Lavaṅga-mañjarī.

24:19Devotee (3): Lavaṅga-latika.

24:21Prabhupāda: Lavaṅga-latika.

24:24Devotee (4): Anaṅga-mañjarī.

24:26Prabhupāda: Hmm? Anaṅga-mañjarī, all right?

24:26Śyāmasundara: Lavaṅga mañjarī?

24:27Prabhupāda: No. Anaṅga. Anaṅga-mañjarī is there?

24:31Devotee (4): Yes.

24:32Prabhupāda: So all right, Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Lavaṅga-mañjarī. Assistant of Lavaṅga-latā. [japa]

24:51Śyāmasundara: Robert Gorman? [japa] Vyāsatīrtha dāsa.

25:04Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulation?

25:04Robert: No meat-eating, no sex life, no intoxication, no gambling.

25:04Prabhupāda: And how many rounds you have to chant?

25:33Robert: At least sixteen.

25:34Prabhupāda: Thank you. Hmm?

25:36Śyāmasundara: Katherine. Katherine?

25:38Prabhupāda: No, no.

25:40Śyāmasundara: Oh. Vyāsa...

25:42Prabhupāda: Vyāsatīrtha, one of the ācāryas in our sampradāya.

25:46Robert: Vyāsatīrtha?

25:48Prabhupāda: Vyāsatīrtha. Remember; don't forget. [laughter]

25:53Śyāmasundara: Katherine? [japa]

26:18Prabhupāda: Very good.

26:20Śyāmasundara: Kālavinka dāsī. Kālavinka dāsī?

26:35Prabhupāda: Kalā.

26:38Śyāmasundara: Kalāvinka.

26:42Prabhupāda: Kalāvinka?

26:46Śyāmasundara: Kalānvinka.

26:50Prabhupāda: There is no such name. All right, give her name Kalāvatī. So your name is Kalāvatī dāsī. Take this. You know the rules and regulation? Kalāvatī: Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. Come on. Don't take...

27:53Śyāmasundara: Dirk?

27:53Prabhupāda: What is name?

27:53Śyāmasundara: Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya.

27:53Prabhupāda: You know the rules and regulation? What are they? Dirk: No meat-eating, no intoxicants, no gambling and no illicit sex. That's nice. So you are Dattātreya dāsa. Dattātreya dāsa, an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Dattātreya. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

28:35So, ārati begin. Bhaja bhakata-vatsala? [japa] [end]