Srila Prabhupada on Initiation [compilation of quotes]
November 27th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction
November 27th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction
October 29th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
The ISKCON gurus tell their disciples: You can't understand Prabhupada's books or classes, you have to hear from me. You can't understand Prabhupada
July 16th, 2024 | by Gadadhara das
One does not have to undergo initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class candala] can be delivered
April 18th, 2024 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Krishna consciousness is a lifestyle very different from the one we have been trained up to lead in the West. To make the transition training is required
April 5th, 2024 | by Dhira Govinda dasa (David B. Wolf, Ph.D.)
The Prominent Link is Dhira Govinda's paper on ISKCON guru tattva. It was a presentation to the GBC in an attempt to harmonize the different camps in
March 12th, 2024 | by
It seems a simple question since so many devotees are initiated. But I have asked a few devotees and they seem not to understand what is initiation is.
October 6th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa
I have never been told any thing about initiation. Is there any specific time that you can be initiated, I am already practicing the 4 renunciations
July 23rd, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The initiation is to become purified and become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. That is the aim. Not that by initiation I will get one thousand dollars. No
June 2nd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Krishna.org is not separate from ISKCON. We are following Prabhupada. ISKCON is supposed to be following Prabhupada. So here you will find the real
May 19th, 2023 | by
Many are not aware of the letter Prabhupada sent to all temples on July 9th 1977 clearly stating that henceforward all new devotees would be his disciples
February 1st, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa
When someone is initiated they have received transcendental knowledge and their past karma is burned up, they must be a bit like a new born baby
January 12th, 2005 | by
In today's ISKCON spiritual understanding is absent. Because of their rejection of the clear instructions of Prabhupada they are just like the Gaudiya Matha
August 13th, 2003 | by
The formal initiation ceremony of name giving and bananas and sesame seeds thrown in fire yajna is not when past Karma is burned off
March 21st, 2002 | by
Your initiation ceremony happened on the same day when you heard my Gayatri tape. Now by the mercy of our Lord, you could see your initiation ceremony
November 24th, 2001 | by
The festival went on in spite of protests by Narayana Maharaj and Puri Maharaj who came to Radha Damaodar Mandir to stop the ritvik initiation ceremonies