Initiation Ceremony in New York

Initiation vows and naming conventions

0:00Prabhupāda: What is your name? Eh? Susie: Susie.

0:05Aravinda: Kaṅkā dāsī.

0:06Prabhupāda: Kaṅkā. Your name is Kaṅkā dāsī, the daughter of a great king. All our, I mean, girl disciples are named great devotees' daughter or wife, like that.

Regulative principles and chanting requirements

0:28So you know what is the rules and regulation?

0:31Kaṅkā: Yes.

0:32Prabhupāda: Tell me.

0:33Kaṅkā: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication.

0:39Prabhupāda: And what is your name, spiritual? [prompted by Aravinda]

0:44Kaṅkā: Kaṅkā?

0:46Prabhupāda: You forget immediately? [laughter] Hare Kṛṣṇa. All right. How many rounds you will chant?

1:00Kaṅkā: Sixteen rounds a day.

1:02Prabhupāda: Only?

2:03Kaṅkā: More if I can.

2:03Prabhupāda: Thank you. [Kaṅkā offers obeisances] Come on. Next. [japa]

2:03Aravinda: Rāṣṭrapālikā.

2:03Prabhupāda: Rāṣṭrapālikā: governess, governeress.

Initiation of female disciples

2:10Is that?

2:16Aravinda: Governess.

2:16Prabhupāda: Governess? Governess. You have to govern. So what are the rules and regulations?

2:24Rāṣṭrapālikā: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling.

2:30Prabhupāda: Who is your husband? Who is your husband?

2:34Rāṣṭrapālikā: Nitāi dāsa.

2:38Prabhupāda: Nitāi dāsa. That's all right. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

2:52Aravinda: Vidarbha-sūtā.

2:56Prabhupāda: Garbha-sūtā.

3:00Aravinda: Vidarbha-sūtā.

3:04Prabhupāda: Eh? Vidarbha-sūtā. Vidarbha-sūtā means the wife of Lord Rāmacandra. Come on. You are married? No, not yet. All right. Come on, next.

3:48Aravinda: Vilāsinī.

3:48Prabhupāda: Vilāsinī. Vilāsinī means who enjoys with Kṛṣṇa. Come on. [japa]

3:48Aravinda: Uṣika.

3:56Prabhupāda: Uṣika.

4:04Aravinda: Uṣika.

4:12Prabhupāda: Uṣika is Brahmā's another name, Uśik-kṣayā. So you know the rules and regulations? What are they? **Uṣika: **No illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. Thank you. [japa]

5:27Ceto-darpaṇa-marjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam [ CC Antya 20.12

Initiation of male disciples

5:45Aravinda: Romapāda.

5:48Prabhupāda: Brahmapāda?

5:58Aravinda: Romapāda.

5:59Prabhupāda: Roma?

6:00Aravinda: R-o-m-a-p-a-d-a.

6:08Prabhupāda: Rāmapāda? R-o?

6:11Aravinda: R-o.

6:12Prabhupāda: All right. So there was a great ṛṣi, Romaharṣaṇa, Romaharṣaṇa. So his disciple or servant. Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. No, that's all right. Come on.

6:49Aravinda: Cedirāja.

6:52Prabhupāda: Cedirāja. Cedirāja was Kṛṣṇa's aunt's husband. In connection with Kṛṣṇa. He was a great king. His son, Cedirāja's son, was Kṛṣṇa's cousin-brother but greatest enemy. Yes. Kṛṣṇa killed him. Yes. [laughter] Come on. [japa]

8:00Aravinda: Kuśakratha dāsa.

8:08Prabhupāda: Kuśakratha. Kuśakratha. You know the rules and regulation? Yes. What are they?

8:22Kuśakratha: No meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, uh, no intoxication.

8:29Prabhupāda: Which you like best? [laughter] Which of them? [laughs]

8:36Kuśakratha: You are reading my mind, Śrīla Prabhupāda. [laughs]

8:43Prabhupāda: All right. Don't do that again. [laughter]

8:46Aravinda: Kirtīrāja.

9:03Prabhupāda: Kirtīrāja. "The king who is famous." Who is that king who is famous, very? Do you know? No? Kṛṣṇa. [laughter] What are the rules? Kirtīrāja: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication. Thank you.

9:29Aravinda: Kaṁsā. Kaṁsā devi.

10:09Prabhupāda: Kaṁsā was the sister of King Kaṁsa. Kaṁsā was not bad, but Kaṁsa was bad. Yes.

Gayatri mantras and sacred threads

10:38Come on. [aside:] So is there any thread? Aravinda: Yes. There's seven gāyatrīs, four threads. Hmm?

10:45Aravinda: Four threads, seven gāyatrīs in all.

10:45Prabhupāda: So they may come after. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

10:48Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to the pure devotee. [devotees offer obeisances] [end]