Initiation means receiving sacred beads to chant Krishna's names and commit to serving the guru-parampara lineage.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Initiation of Baradrāj and Chandanācārya — May 4, 1969, Boston 690504IN-BOSTON [33:22 Minutes] Initations_690504IN-BOSTON Prabhupāda: ...rādhā śrīla govinda-devau preṣṭhālībhiḥ sevyamānau smarāmi. [In a temple of jewels in Vṛndāvana, underneath a desire tree, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my most humble obeisances unto Them.] Śrīmān rāsa-rasārambhī vaṁśī-vaṭa-taṭa-sthitaḥ karṣan veṇu-svanair gopīr gopīnāthaḥ śriye 'stu naḥ. [Śrī Śrīla Gopīnātha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rāsa dance, stands on the shore in Vaṁśīvaṭa and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction.] Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. ["My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service."] All right. Chant. [devotees chant japa] Give me your beads. [japa] Prabhupāda: Is it tight?
It must be tight? Devotee: It must be tight? Prabhupāda: Yes. [japa] Begin from here. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Then take next.
In this way you'll come this side. You don't cross this. Again from..., begin here, and come to this. Such sixteen rounds must be done every day. Your spiritual name is Chandanācārya dāsa.
Chandanācārya. C-h-a-n-d-a-n-c-h-a-r-y-a dāsa. Chandanācārya, a great preacher of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. So you are servant of that.
You have to preach very nicely. Bow down. nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine [I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.] Now chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and be happy. Take this. Lady devotee: Haribol. Prabhupāda: [japa] You could not secure like that?
This is all right. [japa] Put in your bag and do... [japa] Begin from here, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Next.
In this way come to this point, again like that. And where is that chart, the ten kinds of offenses and the regulative principles? Haṁsadūta: I have it in Montreal. Lady devotee: They have. Haṁsadūta: They have that. They already have that, Prabhupāda. Yes. Prabhupāda: You must give them copies. Is there any name Madana-mohana dāsa?