Very Difficult times for new Bhaktas…
March 1st, 2026 | 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
Browsing the "initiation" Tag
Srila Prabhupada: The Prominent Link
February 16th, 2026 | 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
What is Initiation?
January 23rd, 2026 | 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.
Initiation
August 22nd, 2025 | 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
Is Krishna.org seperate from ISKCON?
May 18th, 2025 | 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
Srila Prabhupada’s July 9th. Letter.
May 4th, 2025 | by annada-dd
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
Questions About Initiation and Preaching
January 17th, 2025 | 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
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
Who Is Representing Srila Prabhupada Now?
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
Does Initiation Make The Maha-Mantra Work?
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
Prabhupada Performing Initiations and Weddings — Los Angeles 1969
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
ISKCON suffering from a lack of Spiritual Understanding
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
Initiation–All Past Karma is Burned Up?
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
The Importance of the Formal Initiation Ceremony
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
Prabhupada Accepts New Disciples at Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavana
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
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