Category:Becoming Initiated
Theme Analysis
This category outlines the serious spiritual commitment involved in becoming initiated into the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that initiation is not an immediate event but the result of a gradual evolution of faith, beginning with association and inquisitiveness. The process demands specific qualifications, particularly the performance of tapasya by abandoning sinful habits, ensuring the candidate is truly ready to accept the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master.
- The Gradual Evolution: Initiation naturally follows a period of association and inquiry. Candidates often start by visiting, chanting, and appreciating the philosophy, which gradually ripens into a desire to become a bona fide disciple.
- The Necessity of Tapasya: There is no compromise regarding moral conduct; aspiring disciples must undergo austerity. This specifically involves giving up illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating, and gambling before one can be accepted.
- Shelter and Instruction: Becoming initiated means formally accepting the lotus feet of a spiritual master. This step marks the beginning of serious training in devotional service, where the disciple pledges to follow instructions and avoid offenses.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Process and Qualifications for Becoming Initiated.
Pages in category "Becoming Initiated"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- According to external vision, Haridasa Thakura belonged to a Muslim family. Nevertheless, because he engaged himself in performing the yajna of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, he became a regularly initiated brahmana
- After some time of appreciating our program and trying to understand our philosophy, when someone is very interested and recommended by the Temple Commander, for becoming initiated, I accept him
- Anyone can come and live with us. That is called association. Faith, association. Then by association somebody becomes interested to become initiated: So I shall also become bona fide initiated disciple
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- I am especially encouraged that that professor has become my initiated disciple, and because he is very intelligent and has a good position of influence in the university, he can utilize this opportunity to serve Krishna very perfectly
- If one wants to become an initiated member of our Krsna consciousness society, we first of all ask him to undergo tapasya. In the Western countries especially it is a great tapasya to give up illicit sex life, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling
- In next stage one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service. BG 1972 purports
- In the beginning we do not ask anybody to become initiated or a brahmana. No. We simply invite a person to join the chanting. This is our process. We should strictly follow this
- In the next stage, one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service
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- So our program is very easy. And actually, these boys and girls, they were not advised in the beginning to become my initiated student. I simply invited, - You please come
- Sometimes the unintelligent put hindrances in the path of chanting this maha-mantra, but one who is situated on the platform of love of Godhead chants the holy name loudly for all concerned. As a result, everyone becomes initiated in the chanting
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- Yesterday you said when one becomes initiated by a bona fide spiritual master, his body changes?
- You can do any nonsense and still you become initiated. Give me some money. No. We don't make such compromise. You must first of all agree to give up all these sinful activities. Then I can accept you. I can initiate you. This is our process
- You do not study all these things. You become initiated . . . there are ten kinds of offenses. Do you have any regard for these things or not? You must avoid these ten kinds of offenses. The first offense is to disobey the orders of guru