Initiation Lecture

Initiation Ceremony Honolulu - Six Principles of Devotional Service

📅 January 28, 1974 📍 Honolulu ⏱ 15 min
Six principles of devotion—enthusiasm, tolerance, duty, honesty, and saintly association—guarantee return to Godhead.
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Initiation Lecture — January 28, 1974, Honolulu 740128IN-HONOLULU [14:36 Minutes] Initiations_740128IN-HONOLULU Prabhupāda: So, the beads are chanted?

Devotee: You said they would be chanted during the ceremony.

Prabhupāda: You told, not, “it will be finished. There is time.” All right, chant mantra. Chant mantra. You chant.

Finish, finish. Please chant. Give me some. How many there are?

Prabhupāda: Give me three. Pradyumna: Everyone repeat. Please repeat: oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato…[break]

Prabhupāda: I shall explain later on. Let me... Where is the list of name?

Devotee: It’s there in the corner of your seat.

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