Initiation Ceremony in Los Angeles

0:00[Prabhupāda sings along with Govindam recording at greeting of the deities]

0:00Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi Brahma-saṁhitā 5.29.

Deity greetings and mantra recitation

1:00Hare Kṛṣṇa. Everything all right?

1:31Devotees: Jaya.

1:37Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So? Chant Īśopaniṣad* mantra*. ISO 0.2ईशोपनिषद्ॐ पूर्णं अदः पूर्णं इदंपूर्णात् पूर्णं उदच्यतेपूर्णस्य पूर्णं आदायपूर्णं एव अवशिष्यतेoṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁpūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyatepūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāyapūrṇam evāvaśiṣyateThe Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.[Īśo Invocation]

3:45ISO 1ईशावास्यं इदं सर्वंयत् किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथामा गृधः कस्य स्वित् धनम् || 1 ||īśāvāsyam idam sarvaṁyat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagattena tyaktena bhuñjīthāmā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanamEverything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.ISO 2कुर्वन्न् एव इह कर्माणिजिजीविषेत् शतं समाःएवं त्वयि न अन्यथा इतो अस्तिन कर्म लिप्यते नरे || 2 ||kurvann eveha karmāṇijijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥevaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'stina karma lipyate nareOne may aspire to live for hundreds of years if he continuously goes on working in that way, for that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. There is no alternative to this way for man.

3:51ISO 3असुर्या नाम ते लोकाअन्धेन तमसा आवृताःताम् ते प्रेत्य अभिगच्छन्तिये के च आत्म हनो जनाः || 3 ||asuryā nāma te lokāandhena tamasāvṛtāḥtāṁs te pretyābhigacchantiye ke cātma-hano janāḥThe killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignorance.ISO 4अनेजत् एकं मनसो जवीयोन एनत् देवा आप्नुवन् पूर्वम् अर्षत्तत् धावतो अन्यन् अत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन् अपो मातरिश्वा दधाति || 4 ||anejad ekaṁ manaso javīyonainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣattad dhāvato 'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhattasminn apo mātariśvā dadhātiAlthough fixed in His abode, the Personality of Godhead is swifter than the mind and can overcome all others running. The powerful demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He controls those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence.

3:56ISO 5तत् एजति तत् न एजतितत् दूरे तत् व अन्तिकेतत् अन्तर अस्य सर्वस्यतत् उ सर्वस्य अस्य बाह्यतः || 5 ||tad ejati tan naijatitad dūre tad v antiketad antar asya sarvasyatad u sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥThe Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. He is within everything, and yet He is outside of everything.ISO 6यः तु सर्वाणि भूतानिआत्मनि एव अनुपश्यतिसर्व भूतेषु च आत्मनंततो न विजुगुप्सते || 6 ||yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmany evānupaśyatisarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁtato na vijugupsateHe who sees systematically everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, who sees all living entities as His parts and parcels, and who sees the Supreme Lord within everything never hates anything or any being.

4:04ISO 7यस्मिन् सर्वाणि भूतानिआत्म एव अभूत् विजानतःतत्र को मोहः कः शोकःएकत्वं अनुपष्यतः || 7 ||yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaivābhūd vijānataḥtatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śokaekatvam anupaśyataḥOne who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. What, then, can be illusion or anxiety for him?

4:20ISO 8स पर्यगात् शुक्रम् अकायम् अव्रणम्अस्नाविरं शुद्दं अपाप विद्धंकविः मानिसी परिभूः स्वयंभूःयथा तथ्यतो अर्थान् व्यदधात् शाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः || 8 ||sa paryagāc chukram akāyam avraṇamasnāviram śuddham apāpa-viddhamkavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūryāthātathyato 'rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥSuch a person must factually know the greatest of all, the Personality of Godhead, who is unembodied, omniscient, beyond reproach, without veins, pure and uncontaminated, the self-sufficient philosopher who has been fulfilling everyone's desire since time immemorial.

4:40ISO 9अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्तिये अविद्याम् उपासतेततो भूय इव ते तमोय उ विद्यायां रताः || 9 ||andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśantiye 'vidyām upāsatetato bhūya iva te tamoya u vidyāyām ratāḥThose who engage in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still are those engaged in the culture of so-called knowledge.ISO 10अन्यत् एव आहुः विद्ययाअन्यत् आहुः अविद्ययाइति शुश्रुम धीराणांये नः तत् विचचक्षिरे || 10 ||anyad evāhur vidyayā-nyad āhur avidyayāiti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁye nas tad vicacakṣireThe wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

5:11Anyad āhur... The next one? ISO 11विद्यां च अविद्याम् च यत्तत् वेद उभयं सहअविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वाविद्यया अमृतं अश्नुते || 11 ||vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yastad vedobhayaṁ sahaavidyayā mṛtyuṁ tīrtvāvidyayāmṛtam aśnuteOnly one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.ISO 12अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्तिये असंभूतिम् उपासतेततो भूय इव ते तमोय उ संभूत्यां रताः || 12 ||andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśantiye 'sambhūtim upāsatetato bhūya iva te tamoya u sambhūtyām ratāḥThose who are engaged in the worship of demigods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshipers of the impersonal Absolute.

5:46ISO 10अन्यत् एव आहुः विद्ययाअन्यत् आहुः अविद्ययाइति शुश्रुम धीराणांये नः तत् विचचक्षिरे || 10 ||anyad evāhur vidyayā-nyad āhur avidyayāiti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁye nas tad vicacakṣireThe wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is obtained from the culture of nescience.

Purpose and duties of sannyasa

5:56So, today is a special function day. Some of our advanced students, they're accepting the renounced order of life.

6:30First of all, one of our students, Kīrtanānanda Brahmacārī, he was offered when I was in India, Vṛṇdāvana, in Janmāṣṭamī day he was offered this sannyāsa order in the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple.

6:57Similarly, here we have got also Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple. There is no difference between Rādhā-Dāmodara temple and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple.

7:13So we postponed this to be held on the Janmāṣṭamī day at New Vrindaban, but by some reason we are now postponing to go there, and we have decided to perform this function here. And I am very glad that you are all present.

7:49Now, this sannyāsa mantra should be studied very seriously, and we shall chant this mantra after the regular function.

8:04Especially those who are accepting the sannyāsa order, they should try to understand the import of this important mantra.

8:21The import of this important mantra especially is that, as we prohibit several things during ordinary initiation, just like no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling.

8:52Similarly there are many no's in accepting the sannyāsa order. Especially meat..., not meat-eating; mating. And politics.

9:14If we remain in the materialistic order of life, then this sannyāsa order will be a facility for cheating. That responsibility you must have. That is the meaning of the sannyāsa order.

9:44San, sat-nyās. Renounced order means one has to renounce everything for Kṛṣṇa's sake.

9:55So this mantra will be chanted after these formal mantras, apavitraḥ pavitro vā, and then you'll change your dress, and then yajña will take place, then saṅkirtana movement, your business.

10:17So you have got all these? Now chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. You all chant. [devotees chant japa]

Purification prayers and disciplic succession

10:34Namo apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā. You know all this, or I shall have to repeat? Or you say.

12:27namo apavitraḥ pavitro vāsarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vāyaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁsa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥśrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu[Garuḍa Purāṇa]

12:44Again take. namo apavitraḥ pavitro vāsarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vāyaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁsa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥśrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu[Garuḍa Purāṇa] Again. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

12:52namo apavitraḥ pavitro vāsarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vāyaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁsa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥśrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu[Garuḍa Purāṇa] [recites maṅgalācarana prayers one word at a time, devotees repeating]

13:24CC 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.

13:39nama om viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāyabhūtale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine.

13:45I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

13:58nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-taleśrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine

14:03I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

14:15śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhayekṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dāyine prabhave namaḥ

14:20I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayita dāsa [another name of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī], who is favored by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Kṛṣṇa.

14:39mādhuryojjvala-premāḍhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktidaśrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu te

14:45I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the personified energy of Śrī Caitanya's mercy, who deliver devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, coming exactly in the line of revelation of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

15:03namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇerūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe

15:09**I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls.

15:20You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.** namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtayevipralambha-rasāmbhode pādāmbujāya te namaḥ

15:34**I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja [the spiritual master of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī], who is renunciation personified.

15:44He is always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of Kṛṣṇa.** namo bhaktivinodāya sac-cid-ānanda-nāminegaura-śakti-svarūpāya rūpānuga-varāya te

15:56**I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is a strict follower of the Gosvāmīs, headed by Śrīla Rūpa.**

16:09gaurāvirbhāva-bhūmes tvaṁ nirdeṣṭā saj-jana-priyaḥvaiṣṇava-sārvabhaumaḥ ṣrī-jagannāthāya te namaḥ

16:15I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, who is respected by the entire Vaiṣṇava community and who discovered the place where Lord Caitanya appeared.

16:27vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva capatitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ

16:33**I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.**

16:50CC Madhya 19.53নমো মহাবদান্যায় কৃষ্ণপ্রেমপ্রদায় তে ।কৃষ্ণায় কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যনাম্নে গৌরত্বিষে নমঃ ॥ ৫৩ ॥namo mahā-vadānyāyakṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya tekṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ“O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

17:15**O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa.

17:30We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.** CC Adi 1.14পঞ্চতত্ত্বাত্মকং কৃষ্ণং ভক্তরূপস্বরূপকম্‌ ।ভক্তাবতারং ভক্তাখ্যং নমামি ভক্তশক্তিকম্‌ ॥ ১৪ ॥pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁbhakta-rūpa-svarūpakambhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁnamāmi bhakta-śaktikamI offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee and devotional energy.

17:40I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee, and devotional energy.

17:47he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindhodīna-bandho jagat-pategopeśa gopikā-kāntarādhā-kānta namo 'stu te

17:58**O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherd men and the lover of the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī.

18:03I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.** CC Adi 1.15জয়তাং সুরতৌ পঙ্গোর্মম মন্দমতের্গতী ।মৎসর্বস্বপদাম্ভোজৌ রাধামদনমোহনৌ ॥ ১৫ ॥jayatāṁ suratau paṅgormama manda-mater gatīmat-sarvasva-padāmbhojaurādhā-madana-mohanauGlory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.**Glory to the all-merciful Rādhā and Madana-mohana!

18:29I am lame and ill advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.**

18:42CC Adi 1.16দীব্যদ্‌বৃন্দারণ্যকল্পদ্রুমাধঃ–শ্রীমদ্‌রত্নাগারসিংহাসনস্থৌশ্রীমদ্‌রাধা–শ্রীলগোবিন্দদেবৌপ্রেষ্ঠালীভিঃ সেব্যমানৌ স্মরামি ॥ ১৬ ॥dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhaḥ-śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthauśrīmad-rādhā-śrīla-govinda-devaupreṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmiIn a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.

19:19**In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my most humble obeisances unto Them.**

19:19CC Adi 1.17শ্রীমান্‌ রাসরসারম্ভী বংশীবটতটস্থিতঃ ।কর্ষন্‌ বেণুস্বনৈর্গোপীর্গোপীনাথঃ শ্রিয়েঽস্তু নঃ ॥ ১৭ ॥śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhīvamśīvaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥkarṣan veṇu-svanair gopīrgopī-nāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥŚrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.

19:19**Śrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute.

19:19May they all confer upon us their benediction.** tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi rādhe vṛndāvaneśvarivṛṣabhānu-sute devī praṇamāmi hari-priye

19:42**I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.**

19:42hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare harehare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

20:00"My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service."

Fire sacrifice and sannyasa history

20:23Now take your... Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. You chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Open your dress. Later on when you come.

20:35Viṣṇujana: The mantra's here on this sheet?

20:38Prabhupāda: No. That's all right. You first of all dress. Why...? For others there is no garland?

21:01Karandhara: Yes. Ārati. Should we have ārati?

21:01Prabhupāda: Oh, all right. Finish ārati. In the meantime, you dress. Take that garland. So I shall give you. Give me that cloth.

21:22Viṣṇujana: Cloth, Prabhupāda?

21:23Prabhupāda: No, no. That... First of all cloth give me. This cloth I'll deliver you.

21:30Viṣṇujana: Yes.

21:30Prabhupāda: No, no. This cloth. Yes. This is your cloth?

21:35Viṣṇujana: Shall we put the garlands on now, Prabhupāda?

21:48Prabhupāda: Yes. Bring it and... No. Garland I shall give later on when you will dress, come out. And I will give you. Take this. Yes. Dress yourself and come. Vivānanda[?] You come. There shall be no shirt. Open. [indistinct] Come on, come on, come on.

23:16Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare. Now you can perform your daily program. Yes. [break]

23:30Dayānanda: Prabhupada, should we offer the garlands? The garlands... [Karandhara leading maṅgalācarana prayers and doing fire sacrifice] Upāsitām.

25:44Prabhupāda: You can read the translation.

25:44Dayānanda: Translation: "I shall cross over the insurmountable ocean of darkness of ignorance simply by taking shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Mukunda, who gives all kinds of liberations and who is worshiped by many great previous ācāryas."

26:01Purport: "There are sixty-four kinds of rendering service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, out of which to accept the uniform dress of a tridaṇḍi sannyāsī is also an important item.

26:16One who accepts this order of life, surely by rendering service unto the Supreme Lord becomes eligible to cross over the insurmountable ocean of ignorance.

26:26All previous sages used to accept such order of life, and later ācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, adopted this order of life and specifically stressed on this procedure in order to achieve firm conviction in the matter of devotional service.

26:42"Those who are unalloyed devotees, they add one more staff along with the original three. This extra one is representation of the living entity. There is another sect, who are known as ekaṇḍa sect.

27:00They misunderstand the purpose of tridaṇḍa and, by such deviation, Śiva Svāmī sannyāsīs, who claim to belong to the Viṣṇu Svāmī sect, turn to be impersonalists and follow the footsteps of Śaṅkarācārya, accepting only the ekaṇḍa.

27:22Instead of naming themselves out of the 108 names of Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs, this Śiva Svāmī sect accepts ten names of the sannyāsī, following Śaṅkarācārya.

27:33Lord Caitanya, [audio dropout] although in terms of the then practice accepted ekaṇḍi [sic] sannyāsa order, but His acceptance of tridaṇḍi sannyāsa is understood.

27:44"This mantra was first chanted by a learned brāhmaṇa of Avantīpura, after being very much disgusted in this materialistic way of life.

27:58This happened long, long years ago, because it is mentioned in the Bhāgavatam, which was composed by Vyāsadeva at least five thousand years ago.

28:08So it is to be concluded therefore that this tridaṇḍi sannyāsī order is coming down since a long time..., since a time long, long years ago, and within five hundred years of time, Lord Caitanya adopted this order of life.

28:22In the latest years, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda adopted it personally and made many of his disciples tridaṇḍi sannyāsīs. We are also following his footsteps.

28:37"In the purport of this mantra is that the ekaṇḍi sannyāsī is devoid of parātma niṣṭha, which is explained above.

28:50In other words, impersonalists..." On the first page it says an explanation of parātma is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is given in the English synonyms. So it says, "We are also following his footsteps.

29:19And the purport of this mantra is that the ekaṇḍi sannyāsī is devoid of parātma niṣṭha, which is explained above." So that is right, Prabhupāda, that the impersonalist is devoid of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Refuting impersonalist philosophy and regulations

29:30Prabhupāda: They have no idea. They say that we can imagine an idea.

29:38According to impersonalist, they say sādhakānām hitārthaya brahmaṇo rūpa kalpanaḥ. Because we cannot concentrate our mind in impersonal, therefore they say, "Imagine some form." They think that Kṛṣṇa is imagination.

30:02Yes. [chuckles] [laughter] That is their Māyāvāda. Kṛṣṇa was personally present, and He killed all the demons. Still, these demons says "Imagination." You see that is demonic. Therefore we do not agree with them.

30:30Dayānanda: "In other words, impersonalists cannot have any faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they prefer to merge into the impersonal Brahman effulgence.

30:42In the Śrīmad-Bhagavatam we do not find any mention of ekaṇḍa sannyāsa. This tridaṇḍa sannyāsa is accepted therefore as standard. Lord Caitanya accepts Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the supreme authority.

30:55Under these circumstances, persons who accept Lord Caitanya as ekaṇḍi sannyāsī are mistaken.

31:03"So following the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, still the tridaṇḍi sannyāsīs are in existence, keeping the sacred thread and śikhā intact, distinct from the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs..., Māyāvādī ekaṇḍi sannyāsīs, who give up the sacred thread and śikhā.

31:21They have no inclination to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Being very much disgusted by the materialistic way of life, they do not understand the purpose of the sannyāsa order.

31:32But those who are strictly followers of the Vaiṣṇava principles, they do not accept the Māyāvādī way of sannyāsa.

31:40"In the sect of Lord Caitanya, the most venerable learned scholar, known as Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī, accepted this tridaṇḍi sannyāsa order, and he offered this facility to his disciple known as Śrī Madhva-upādhyāya.

32:03This Madhvācārya is the origin of the Vallabhācārya sect.

32:09One of the six Gosvāmīs, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who is the authority of Vaiṣṇava regulations, was initiated by another tridaṇḍi sannyāsī, known as Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī.

32:24Therefore this sannyāsī order is completely in pursuance of Vaiṣṇava authority."

32:35Prabhupāda: So that daṇḍa you can take.

Danda presentation and congregational chanting

33:02Your daṇḍa take. You can take. Come on. His name is there? No.

33:27Devotee: No.

33:29Viṣṇujana: You know which one is which?

33:29Prabhupāda: No. According to the size we have made. So which size he is I do not know. I... That's your?

33:42Viṣṇujana: Yes.

33:42Prabhupāda: That's your. Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa... Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa. Now chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and dance. Hey? kīrtana. [break] [kīrtana] [prema-dhvani]

39:43So, this is now formal accepting of sannyāsa, but real sannyāsa purpose will be fulfilled when you'll be able to induce the people of the world dancing like... That is real sannyāsa.

40:08This formal dress is not sannyāsa. Real sannyāsa is when you can induce other people to become Kṛṣṇa conscious and they dance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

40:23Devotees: Jaya!

40:24Prabhupāda: If you can turn one man to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, then your going back to Godhead, back to home, guaranteed. That is real purpose of sannyāsa. Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [end]