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[[Category:Initiation]]
[[Category:Our Initiations (Disciples of SP)]]
[[Category:Taking Initiation from a Spiritual Master]]
[[Category:Formality]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Room Conversations, 1966 - 1977‎]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Room Conversations, 1976]]
[[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - in India, Chandigarh]]
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<div class="section" id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2></div>

<div class="sub_section" id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3></div>

<div class="quote" book="Con" link="Press Interview -- October 16, 1976, Chandigarh" link_text="Press Interview -- October 16, 1976, Chandigarh">
<div class="heading">Initiation is formality. Just like you go to a school for knowledge, and admission is formality.</div>

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<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Press Interview -- October 16, 1976, Chandigarh|Press Interview -- October 16, 1976, Chandigarh]]:''' 

Interviewer: What is the procedure of the movement? Do you initiate yourself all the disciples or do your other disciples also do that?

Prabhupāda: Well, initiation or no initiation, first thing is knowledge. [break] ...knowledge. Initiation is formality. Just like you go to a school for knowledge, and admission is formality. That is not very important thing. (sound coming on and off, tape recorder faulty.) So our this movement is successful... On account of this movement... [break] ...learned scholars and those who are inquisitive, advanced... [break]... He Maharishi Mahesh Yogi says that this is material. If you perform this meditation, transcendental meditation, you will be materially benefited. That is not spiritual meditation.</div>
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