Initiation begins transcendental knowledge; true purification requires continuous tapasya and unwavering commitment to spiritual principles.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: [prema-dhvani] [devotees offer obeisances] Pradyumna: Ācamana has finished. Ten offenses.
Prabhupāda: You have said? So I have to speak something? Pradyumna: If you like. There are some Indians, if you want to speak.
Prabhupāda: Huh? Pradyumna: You could if you wish.
Prabhupāda: Where is Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa? Pradyumna: He's very behind on typing or something, so he wanted to...
Prabhupāda: Oh. So this is... So many devotees are being initiated. So initiation means, the Sanskrit word is dīkṣā.
Dīkṣā. Divya jñānaṁ kṣapayati iti dīkṣā. Divya-jñāna. There are two kinds of knowledge: divya and mundane.
Tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyed sattvam [SB 5.5.1]. This is the instruction of Mahārāja... What is? Bhārata Mahārāja's father?