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namo narayanaya

Please accept my namaskaras to Sri Jeeyar Swami

and the Sri Vaisnavas.

 

I am a follower of the Gaudiya sampradaya, an

initiated member of the International Society

for Krishna Consciousness, and am doing some

research for ISKCON on questions concerning diksa.

 

My question is whether, according to Sri

Vaishnava doctrine, a devotee can have more than

one diksa-guru. According to the teachings of

my sampradaya's acaryas, one can have any number

of siksa-gurus but only one diksa-guru. Does your

understanding agree with that?

 

But if one already has diksa in one mantra,

can he take another diksa in a different mantra?

 

Can that second diska be taken from a different

guru? Or if one takes a preliminary (samanya)

diksa from one guru, can he take a more advanced

diksa from another?

 

Thank you for taking the trouble to answer this.

Your humble servant, Gopiparanadhana Dasa

Govardhana (Mathura, UP)

 

Gopiparanadhana Dasa