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ISKCON Ritvik Debate San Diego - early 1990s
Reply 4 years ago 16

Replying to Jurjen van der Hoek
Just accepting Srila Prabhupada as the real diksa guru is the safest option. There is nothing wrong with it. He is present in his instructions. Srila Prabhupada himself has stated several times that guru-initiation is just formality, and that the real initiation is being serious in chanting Hare Krsna and following the process.

How about this line of Srila Prabhupada in Nectar of Instruction text 5: " A neophyte Vaiṣṇava or a Vaiṣṇava situated on the intermediate platform can also accept disciples..."