Question: How Can I Be Initiated?How can I be initiated?Hare KrishnaAnswer: First Become Solid in Krishna ConsciousnessInitiation requires that you become solidly fixed in the practice of Krishna consciousness. The way to do this is to become well read in the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and to also follow the guidelines mentioned below:1. No illicit sex (sex other than for procreation)2. No meat eating (including fish and eggs)3. No intoxication (including coffee, tea, and cigarettes)4. No gambling5. Chant at least 16 rounds of Hare Krishna mantra every day on chanting beads6. Only eat Krishna prasadam (food which has been first offered to Lord Krishna)Once you are certified as being fixed in the above principles by your nearest ISKCON temple, you can then be accepted for initiation.Hari Bol.
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I do all these things. I have a question, after doing all these things, who do you go to in the temple for initiation? Does being initiated require you to live near the temple?
nilesh4peace > Bhaktin JennyAugust 19, 2010 at 5:46pm
initiation doesn't require to live near temple but we need to visit temple as much as possible for inspiration to develope attraction for devotees and krishna.
e.g. if we have best friend we always talk to him share everything like that only we have to develope relation with krishna and devotees.
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e.g. if we have best friend we always talk to him share everything like that only we have to develope relation with krishna and devotees.