Spiritual initiation, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, in relation to this subject it is very interesting what Srila Prabhupada said in a given class of Bhagavatam, 1.5.36 - Vrindavana, August 17, 1974: In many ways we can always remember Krishna. That ... (pause) ... if someone is singing Hare Krishna, that's fine, but sing for the need of initiation? Initiation means that the disciples accept the instruction of the spiritual master and Krishna accepts the disciple immediately to give him a spiritual body. This is the process. Otherwise, there is no need for initiation. Krishna consciousness is a spiritual science, from faith to the goal of life that is to awaken our latent love for God or Krishna, the practitioner must go through nine states of consciousness, the first thing is faith, according to Harinama Chintamani Faith means having complete conviction that by singing the Holy Name of God or Krishna you will automatically fulfill all spiritual duties and complete all godly activities. Those who do not possess that faith are inept to sing the Holy Name. And in the Madhurya Kadambini it is said that faith means that a person studies the Holy Scriptures such as the Gita, Bhagavatam, Chaitanya Charitamrita, etc., and practices the instructions given there, then the second step is the association with devotees, The result of this is that faith increases, and the third step is spiritual initiation, the result of this is that if one is serious and sincere in following the instructions of the spiritual master, it is that all negative things such as lust, anger, greed, fear, envy, etc., disappear and one feels a great relief, the next state is the stability in devotional service, then one likes spiritual life, then comes the attachment to the issues spiritual, then one feels ecstatic emotions when performing devotional service and finally love for God or Krishna, in this state the devotee cannot live without Krishna just as the fish cannot live without water.
It is very important that one be initiated by a guru authorized by God or Krishna, Srila Prabhupada says in Chaitanya Charitamrita, ML, 15, 108, that as long as we are not initiated by a genuine spiritual master, all our devotional activities are useless, and in Krishna Bhajanamrita says that if one has the bad fortune of being initiated by a false guru and then he realizes, he must immediately reject it and go in search of an authorized guru to purify himself from the contamination of the false guru, I have practical experience from this point, I was in Vrindavana with Prahladananda swami, I was his secretary, and I asked him what does it mean that Srila Prabhupada says in the Gita, 4, 42, there he says that an authorized spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from eternal time , and he didn't answer anything, and then I told him if there was any quote from Srila Prabhupada ordering his disciples to be gurus, and there the demon came out and I told myself that this is so much s questions, go and find another guru, and I did so, there I realized that this person is a first class Putana, then by Krishna's arrangements I learned that Nalini Kantha prabhu was starting in the name of Srila Prabhupada, this devotee made me the astrological chart many years ago, and we met personally in El Maha-Abhiseka Srila Prabhupada in Calcutta in the centenary of Srila Prabhupada, 1996, and in 2008 he initiated me in the name of Srila Prabhupada, from that At that moment I began to feel the presence of Srila Prabhupada in my life, and if we feel the presence of Srila Prabhupada in our lives, that means that Srila Prabhupada is happy with us, and thanks to Krishna I am associating with devotees who serve and love Srila Prabhupada, and as Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada always said that others who do what they want do not concern me, I already have enough work singing Hare Krishna to purify my damned mind. I tell the people that they were initiated by false gurus, that it is not so easy to be purified by all the speculations and contaminations that the false gurus injected us, one must have faith in the Scriptures and be initiated by a disciple of Srila Prabhupada in the name of Srila Prabhupada, there one will experience a great purification. Another point is that there are people who were initiated by fake gurus from Iskcon, they supposedly pose as followers of Srila Prabhupada and know that there are some serious and sincere disciples of Srila Prabhupada who are starting in the name of Srila Prabhupada, if those people They do not begin in the name of Srila Prabhupada because they are hypocrites, and there are others that are beginning in the name of Srila Prabhupada without being disciples of Srila Prabhupada.
I take this opportunity to wish you a happy Sri Balarama Festival 2019.
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Hare Krishna, in relation to this subject it is very interesting what Srila Prabhupada said in a given class of Bhagavatam, 1.5.36 - Vrindavana, August 17, 1974: In many ways we can always remember Krishna. That ... (pause) ... if someone is singing Hare Krishna, that's fine, but sing for the need of initiation? Initiation means that the disciples accept the instruction of the spiritual master and Krishna accepts the disciple immediately to give him a spiritual body. This is the process. Otherwise, there is no need for initiation. Krishna consciousness is a spiritual science, from faith to the goal of life that is to awaken our latent love for God or Krishna, the practitioner must go through nine states of consciousness, the first thing is faith, according to Harinama Chintamani Faith means having complete conviction that by singing the Holy Name of God or Krishna you will automatically fulfill all spiritual duties and complete all godly activities. Those who do not possess that faith are inept to sing the Holy Name. And in the Madhurya Kadambini it is said that faith means that a person studies the Holy Scriptures such as the Gita, Bhagavatam, Chaitanya Charitamrita, etc., and practices the instructions given there, then the second step is the association with devotees, The result of this is that faith increases, and the third step is spiritual initiation, the result of this is that if one is serious and sincere in following the instructions of the spiritual master, it is that all negative things such as lust, anger, greed, fear, envy, etc., disappear and one feels a great relief, the next state is the stability in devotional service, then one likes spiritual life, then comes the attachment to the issues spiritual, then one feels ecstatic emotions when performing devotional service and finally love for God or Krishna, in this state the devotee cannot live without Krishna just as the fish cannot live without water.
It is very important that one be initiated by a guru authorized by God or Krishna, Srila Prabhupada says in Chaitanya Charitamrita, ML, 15, 108, that as long as we are not initiated by a genuine spiritual master, all our devotional activities are useless, and in Krishna Bhajanamrita says that if one has the bad fortune of being initiated by a false guru and then he realizes, he must immediately reject it and go in search of an authorized guru to purify himself from the contamination of the false guru, I have practical experience from this point, I was in Vrindavana with Prahladananda swami, I was his secretary, and I asked him what does it mean that Srila Prabhupada says in the Gita, 4, 42, there he says that an authorized spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from eternal time , and he didn't answer anything, and then I told him if there was any quote from Srila Prabhupada ordering his disciples to be gurus, and there the demon came out and I told myself that this is so much s questions, go and find another guru, and I did so, there I realized that this person is a first class Putana, then by Krishna's arrangements I learned that Nalini Kantha prabhu was starting in the name of Srila Prabhupada, this devotee made me the astrological chart many years ago, and we met personally in El Maha-Abhiseka Srila Prabhupada in Calcutta in the centenary of Srila Prabhupada, 1996, and in 2008 he initiated me in the name of Srila Prabhupada, from that At that moment I began to feel the presence of Srila Prabhupada in my life, and if we feel the presence of Srila Prabhupada in our lives, that means that Srila Prabhupada is happy with us, and thanks to Krishna I am associating with devotees who serve and love Srila Prabhupada, and as Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada always said that others who do what they want do not concern me, I already have enough work singing Hare Krishna to purify my damned mind. I tell the people that they were initiated by false gurus, that it is not so easy to be purified by all the speculations and contaminations that the false gurus injected us, one must have faith in the Scriptures and be initiated by a disciple of Srila Prabhupada in the name of Srila Prabhupada, there one will experience a great purification. Another point is that there are people who were initiated by fake gurus from Iskcon, they supposedly pose as followers of Srila Prabhupada and know that there are some serious and sincere disciples of Srila Prabhupada who are starting in the name of Srila Prabhupada, if those people They do not begin in the name of Srila Prabhupada because they are hypocrites, and there are others that are beginning in the name of Srila Prabhupada without being disciples of Srila Prabhupada.
I take this opportunity to wish you a happy Sri Balarama Festival 2019.
www.fflv.org https://haripadadasa.blogspot.com
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