Recording of an initiation class given by His Holiness Jaya Pataka Swami Maharaj (with Namaneshta Prabhu and assistants) on November 7, 2023 in Sri Ramayapur, India. The speakers review initiation principles: the requirement of one year of chanting 16 rounds daily before formal initiation, the taking of vows, receiving a new name (usually keeping the same initial letter), and engagement in the nine practices of Bhakti-yoga. Practical clarifications and Q&A are provided for devotees preparing for initiation (several devotees were noted as 11 months into their practice).
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November 7, 2023, in Sri Ramayapur, India.
16 rounds daily.
12 devotees.
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You all heard the 10 offenses and the meaning of initiat. Some of the devotees have not fully completed one year. Actually they have to complete one year of chanting 16 rounds and following four diagnostic principles. Anyway, 12 devotees are like 11 months.
So.
So it says that we shouldn't be near Magraha.
Let him. Let him transfer.
In Hindi please. You can speak in Hindi also.
Minus.
I'm very grateful to his race.
So I'm very grateful to His Grace Namaneshta Prabhu for having engaged you in devotional service. And I do hope that you all will continue to engage in devotional service.
Give a new name should normally have the same letter.
So the aspect of initiation is normally we give a new name which has the same letter.
How you been doing up now?
So how you have been doing up to now? It is practice from now on. It's your commitment, your wow. And you have to do it very carefully.
And.
You taken your vows. See, we have to do one by one. But I thought we can be together also. Somehow the vow was not taken one by one.
The whole secret is that now we.
Will try to say so the whole secret is there. Till now we have been practicing. Now you will seriously always think of Krishna. As I mentioned, Kamsa was Krishna conscious, but he was negative.
We want you to read Krishna conscious.
But we want you to be in Ka consciousness. But in a positive way. You can come here. The shape there are nine practices of Bhakti Yoga, hearing and chanting. So you should be always engaged in different nine practices of devotional service.
Answer questions.
So Nam Nishta Prabhu and his assistants will be ready to answer your questions.
Right?
Yes. He's saying yes.
If you can't answer.
If you can't answer then you can come to me. Don't think that's a botheration that you're going to bother me. I want to see that you all get back to Godhead in this life. It's not a botheration. It's not a botheration. Why am I here for?
Always thank Lord Krishna is the most high, most versatile and he wants to help us.
So we want you all to think of Krishna always. He is very kind. He is very merciful and he wants to help you all. We are acting as his representative and. And then. So we'll take the vows now and tell me when they're ready.
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