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[[Category:Disciples of SP Receiving Their Initiated Names]]
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<div id="Initiation_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Lectures" text="Initiation Lectures"><h3>Initiation Lectures</h3>
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<div class="heading">Dhaumya. Your name is Dhaumya dāsa, Dhaumya dāsa, one of the commander in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Dhaumya. (laughter) Don't laugh. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Now bow down here. (chants japa) Chant. You'll get bead, bead bag. Keep it in that. Yes.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Deity Installation and Initiation -- Melbourne, April 6, 1972|Deity Installation and Initiation -- Melbourne, April 6, 1972]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: ...or one is situated in his external existence, if he happens to remember Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, puṇḍarīkākṣam, sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ, he immediately becomes purified internally and externally. So you are getting initiation in this auspicious day when Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī, His eternal consort, is now being situated, er, established, installed, on this auspicious moment, and you will be initiated to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in the beginning. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. As it is indicated in this verse, one who remembers the Supreme Personality of Godhead always, he remains always purified, śuciḥ. Śuciḥ. Śuci means... Another meaning of śuci is brāhmaṇa, purified. A brāhmaṇa... According to nature's division, there are four classes of men: the brāhmaṇa, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, and the śūdra. Brāhmaṇa means the intellectual class of men who knows hygienic rules, keeps himself always purified and engaged in studying Vedic literatures for understanding this world, God, himself, the interrelation. They are called brāhmaṇa. And the kṣatriya means those who live their life under the instruction of the brāhmaṇa but they are engaged in administration of the state, they are called kṣatriyas. Then vaiśyas, still less intelligent class. The brāhmaṇa is the first intelligent class of men, the kṣatriyas, the next intelligent class of men, and the vaiśyas, or the mercantile class of men interested in money by trade, commerce, agriculture, industry, they are called vaiśyas. So next, the last class is called śūdra. Śūdra means workers. They haven't got much intelligence, neither they can work as administrator or traders but they work and get some salary. They are called śūdras. So śuci means the first-class intellectual class of men. So anyone who is always chanting the holy name of God and keeps himself purified, he is śuci. Śuci means the first-class purified intelligent class of men. So they are called brāhmaṇas in Sanskrit. So it is not that the brāhmaṇas are to be found in India only. Any intelligent class of men, anyone who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is brāhmaṇa. In this initiation ceremony there will be some persons who will be initiated for chanting the holy name, and some of them will be initiated for the second time. They were initiated before for chanting the holy name; now they will be initiated with a sacred thread. Sacred thread means recognition of complete brahminical culture.</p>
<p>So a brāhmaṇa is, the qualification of brāhmaṇa is,</p>
:satya śama dama titikṣa ārjavam
:jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyam
:brahma-karma svabhāva-jam
:([[Vanisource:BG 18.42|BG 18.42]])
<p>So a brāhmaṇa should be truthful in any circumstances. He will never speak lie. Truthful, satya. Śama. Śama means keeping the mind always in equilibrium. And dama, dama means keeping the senses under control. Śama dama titikṣa. Titikṣa means toleration. There may be so many tribulations, but a brāhmaṇa is supposed to be very, very tolerant. Toleration. The first-class example of toleration in the Western country: Lord Jesus Christ. He was being crucified; still, he did not take any steps. If he wanted, he could take steps, but he was tolerating. So this is the sign of brahminical symptom. Titikṣa ārjava. Ārjava means simplicity. A brāhmaṇa is not supposed to be crooked and duplicity. No. Simple. It is said even the enemy wants to know something from him, he will clearly say, "It is this." That is called simplicity. Then jñānam. Jñānam means knowledge, full knowledge. And vijñānam means scientific knowledge, practical application in life. That is called vijñānam. Āstikyam. Āstikyam means to have full faith in Vedic literature. That is called āstikyam. These are the signs of brāhmaṇa. So those who are going to be initiated with the sacred thread, they must always remember to follow all these rules and regulations. We should always remember that this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for purifying the human society. Unless the human society is purified, there will be so many problems and disturbances in the human society. At least a certain percentage of the human society must be brāhmaṇa; otherwise the society cannot make any progress in spiritual life. And if we cannot make progress in spiritual life, then our human life is frustrated. After 8,400,000 species of life, evolution, one gets this human form of life. And if he does not properly utilize it, then he is committing suicide.</p>
<p>So our, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the greatest welfare activity for the human society because this movement is educating everyone how to fulfill the aim of life. The purport of the verse:</p>
:apavitraḥ pavitro vā
:sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā
:yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam
:sa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ
:śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu
<p>Hare Kṛṣṇa. Now give them beads. (chants japa) These flowers, these flowers you can lay down. Flowers, flowers, yes. Flower, flower, here flower. Yes. This is not for Deity? This is not for the Deity? No, you can lay down, lay down on the floor, on the... Yes.</p>
<p>Devotee (1): They were for the wedding.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Wedding? There is wedding also? All right. Keep it.</p>
<p>Devotee (2): I have some flowers for the... (Prabhupāda chants japa)</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So you know the rules and regulations? What is that?</p>
<p>Devotee (3): Four rules.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Eh? Yes.</p>
<p>Devotee (3): No meat-eating...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Speak loudly.</p>
<p>Devotee (3): No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No intoxication.</p>
<p>Devotee (3): ...and no intoxication.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Including tea, coffee, cigarettes, everything. No more. Is that all right? And how many rounds you will chant? At least sixteen rounds. You'll begin from here, come here. Don't cross. Again begin from here. In this way, sixteen rounds at least. So what is the name? Oh, list.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Dhaumya dāsa.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What is his original name?</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Doug.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Dhaumya. Your name is Dhaumya dāsa, Dhaumya dāsa, one of the commander in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Dhaumya. (laughter) Don't laugh. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Now bow down here. (chants japa) Chant. You'll get bead, bead bag. Keep it in that. Yes. (chants japa) You know what are the rules? What are the four rules?</p>
<p>Devotee (4): No intoxication, no meat-eating, no gambling, and no illicit sex life.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So how many rounds you will chant?</p>
<p>Devotee (4): At least sixteen.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. What is the name?</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Jayadharma dāsa.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Your name is Jayadharma dāsa. Yes. He is one of the ācāryas in the Madhva-Gauḍīya sampradāya. Bow down and take. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Go on chanting. Go on chanting like this. (japa) You know the rules? Yes.</p>
<p>Cheryl: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling, and no illicit sex.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: And how many rounds you will chant?</p>
<p>Cheryl: Sixteen.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Minimum, yes. What is your name?</p>
<p>Cheryl: Cheryl.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Satyavatī.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Satyavatī dāsī. Satyavatī dāsī was one of the queens of Kṛṣṇa. Bow down. (japa) What it is you have got? Do you know rules?</p>
<p>Girl Devotee (5): No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxicants.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What is your name?</p>
<p>Girl Devotee (5): Leone (?).</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Mekhalā dāsī.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Mekhalā dāsī, belt of the universe. Mekhalā. (japa) Mix it nicely and distribute. (japa) You wait. Stop(?) I have sent this.(?) You have not signed? If it is difficult, there is no...(?) Yes. All right. What is your name? You know the rules?</p>
<p>Girl Devotee (6): No meat-eating, no illicit sex, intoxication, and no gambling.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So your name is Devadarśana dāsī, "who can see all the demigods." Right hand. (japa) Give them garland. After initiation they'll exchange it. Give them. Give them on the... Yes. On their neck. You can sit down here. Where is that red powder? Get some. You sit there. He sits here. After changing garlands they will change place and the bride will give the powder and cover her head. No, the bride, bridegroom, yes. Come on. Come on. What is the name?</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Sanaka dāsa.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Sanaka dāsa. Know rules and regulations? What is that?</p>
<p>Sanaka: No meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That's good. And how many rounds?</p>
<p>Sanaka: Minimum of sixteen.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, minimum. Now get them promised. You sit down here and ask him to... "I, such and such..."</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Henceforward from this day...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Let him promise. You promise, "I..."</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: You, Sanaka dāsa...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Say, "I, Sanaka dāsa..."</p>
<p>Sanaka: I, Sanaka dāsa...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: "...take charge of you..."</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: "...take charge of you..." (girl laughs)</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Why you are laughing? It is laughing thing? I told you first. Don't take anything very lenient. Very serious.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: "I, Sanaka dāsa, (Sanaka dāsa repeating) do hereby promise from this day henceforward to always protect and take for my wife Devadarśana dāsī."</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. And you say that "I shall serve you..."</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Now, "I, Devadarśana dāsī, (Devadarśana repeating) do from this day henceforward, I do promise to always serve and obey my husband, Sanaka dāsa."</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Now change the garland. Now give her the vermillion, red powder. Cover her head.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Cover her head with the sari.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Do like that. Now you come this side.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Now you change places.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So you have agreed that there is no question of divorce in your life? In any circumstances you cannot separate. Is that all right? You also agree? You cannot separate. There is no question of divorce. Even if you fight, you can remain in one temple, he can remain, but there is no question of divorce. So take in mind. That's all. Now have this...</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: Er, the Hanumān sannyāsa...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: After this yajña. After this.</p>
<p>Śyāmasundara: They have a gift for you. Shall I give it now?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. All right. Bow down. Now begin the fire. Give help. Ignite the fire. Come on. First of all... First of all... Burn, fire... Very fine. Oh, this is not. Very fine one put in the beginning. Yes, like that. (japa) Have you got little straw?</p>
<p>Devotee (7): Straw?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, that will help. Oh, you do not know. You never done it.</p>
<p>Devotee (7): Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: How is that, it is...? Do. Do. Do. Yes. Let him. Let him do one more. Now you can put it. Simply... That's all right. Don't... Yes. Go on. Yes, like that. There is no need of... Do that. Yes. Yes, like that. Go on. You know the mantras? Then you can do. Go on putting fuel in. Yes. Yes. Like that.</p>
<p>Devotee (7): Should I begin to chant...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. (Devotee (7) chants standard prayers for fire sacrifice with devotees and Śrīla Prabhupāda repeating and Śrīla Prabhupāda giving instructions on pouring the ghee)</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Now stand with banana, all. Take the banana and stand up. You also take.</p>
:namo brahmaṇya-devāya
:go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca
:jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya
:govindāya namo namaḥ
<p>(repeats mantra twice more)</p>
<p>Svāhā. Now put. Put those banana one after another. Put. (end)</p>
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