Initiation

Los Angeles Initiations and Recitation of Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 1

📅 August 29, 1972 📍 Los Angeles ⏱ 68 min
The Bhagavatam's ripened fruit, heard with submission, grants immediate liberation and purifies all hearts.
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Initiations SB 1.1.1—SB 1.3.44 Recitation — August 29, 1972, Los Angeles 720829IN-LOS ANGELES [67:45 Minutes] Initiations_720829IN-LOS ANGELES Chanting SB-01.01.01_01.03.44_720829IN-LOS ANGELES [Govindam prayers playing; Prabhupāda singing along]

Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! [devotees offer obeisances]

Devotee: Shall we put Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda on the altar at this time?

Prabhupāda: Read it from the very beginning. Read it. Devotee (2): Start reading.

Devotee: oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate [Īśo Invocation] "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him…" Prabhupāda: No, the verses, the original verse you cannot read?

Devotee: dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre... Prabhupāda: Original verse read. Anyone who can the original verse? [aside:] Sit down. You can read.

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