RITVIK--REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACARYA

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RITVIK--REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACARYA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING INITIATIONS,

BOTH FIRST INITIATION AND SECOND INITIATION.Madhya 24.330 Similarly, a

disciple's qualifications must be observed by the spiritual master before he is

accepted as a disciple. In our Krsna consciousness movement, the requirement is

that one must be prepared to give up the four pillars of sinful life-illicit

sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. In Western countries especially,

we first observe whether a potential disciple is prepared to follow the

regulative principles. Then he is given the name of a Vaisnava servant and

initiated to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, at least sixteen rounds daily.

In this way the disciple renders devotional service under the guidance of the

spiritual master OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. He is

then recommended for a second initiation, during which a sacred thread is

offered and the disciple is accepted as a bona fide brahmana.Note:we know that

without becoming a Mahabhagavata it is an offense against the chanting of the

holy name(3rd offense in chanting) to be worshipped as good as God. Ritvik

--the representative of the acarya allows for this function of worshipping the

acarya ( Srila Prabhupada) without slaughtering the spiritual lives of others.

Madhya 24.330 When one has attained the topmost position of maha-bhagavata, he

is to be accepted as a guru AND WORSHIPED EXACTLY LIKE HARI, the Personality of

Godhead. ONLY SUCH A PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO OCCUPY THE POST OF A GURU.Srila

Prabhupada is REVEALING HIS POSITION AS THE JAGAD-GURU(SPIRITUAL MASTER OF THE

ENTIRE WORLD). It is Srila Prabhupada that has distributed the holy name(thru

his books) all over the world. Krishna is His pure devotee Prabhupada'sproperty

to give.Antya 7.12 "in the Dvapara-yuga one could satisfy Krsna or Visnu only by

worshiping opulently according to the pancaratriki system, but in the age of

Kali one can satisfy and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari simply

by chanting His holy name." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains

that unless one is directly empowered by the causeless mercy of Krsna, one

cannot become the SPIRITUAL MASTER OF THE ENTIRE WORLD (JAGAD-GURU). One cannot

become an acarya simply by mental speculation. The true acarya presents Krsna to

everyone by preaching the holy name of the Lord throughout the world. Thus the

conditioned souls, purified by chanting the holy name, are liberated from the

blazing fire of material existence. In this way, spiritual benefit grows

increasingly full, like the waxing moon in the sky. THE TRUE ACARYA, THE

SPIRITUAL MASTER OF THE ENTIRE WORLD, MUST BE CONSIDERED AN INCARNATION OF

KRSNA'S MERCY. INDEED, HE IS PERSONALLY EMBRACING KRSNA. HE IS THEREFORE THE

SPIRITUAL MASTER OF ALL THE VARNAS (BRAHMANA, KSATRIYA, VAISYA AND SUDRA) AND

ALL THE ASRAMAS (BRAHMACARYA,GRHASTHA, VANAPRASTHA AND SANNYASA). Since he is

understood to be the most advanced devotee, he is called paramahamsa-thakura.

Thakura is a title of honor offered to the paramahamsa. Therefore one who acts

as an acarya, directly presenting Lord Krsna by spreading His name and fame, is

also to be called paramahamsa-thakura."Representative of the acarya" is also

mentioned SIMILARLY in (CC24.330madhya)---this is the secret. Ritvik is the

SAME.Madhya 8.100 The name Radha is derived from this verse (Bhag. 10.30.28),

from thewords anayaradhitah, meaning "by Her the Lord is worshiped." Sometimes

the critics of Srimad-Bhagavatam find it difficult to find Radharani's holy

name, BUT THE SECRET IS DISCLOSED HERE IN THE WORD ARADHITAH, FROM WHICH THE

NAME RADHA HAS COME. Of course, the name of Radharani is directly mentioned in

other Puranas. This gopi's worship of Krsna is topmost, and therefore Her name

is Radha, or the topmost worshiper.77-07-09.All Letter: All G.B.C., All Temple

PresidentsPlease accept my humble obeisances at your feet. Recently when all

ofthe GBC members were with His Divine Grace in Vrndavana, Srila Prabhupada

indicated that soon He would appoint some of His senior disciples to act as

"RITVIK--REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ACARYA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING

INITIATIONS, BOTH FIRST INITIATION AND SECOND INITIATION. His Divine Grace has

so far given a list of eleven disciples who will act in that

capacity:77-07-09.All Letter: All G.B.C., All Temple PresidentsHis Holiness

Kirtanananda SwamiHis Holiness Satsvarupa dasa GosvamiHis Holiness Jayapataka

SwamiHis Holiness Tamala Krsna GosvamiHis Holiness Hrdayananda GosvamiHis

Holiness Bhavananda GosvamiHis Holiness Hamsaduta SwamiHis Holiness Ramesvara

SwamiHis Holiness Harikesa SwamiHis Grace Bhagavan dasa AdhikariHis Grace

Jayatirtha dasa AdhikariIn the past Temple Presidents have written to Srila

Prabhupadarecommending a particular devotee's initiation. Now that Srila

PRABHUPADA HAS NAMED THESE REPRESENTATIVES, Temple Presidents may henceforward

send recommendation for first and second initiation to whichever of these

eleven representatives are nearest their temple. After considering the

recommendation, these representatives may accept the devotee as an initiated

disciple of Srila Prabhupada by giving a spiritual name, or in the case of

second initiation, by chanting on the Gayatri thread, just as Srila Prabhupada

has done. THE NEWLY INITIATED DEVOTEES ARE DISCIPLES OF HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C.

BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPAD, the above eleven senior devotees acting as His

representative. After the Temple President receives a letter from these

representatives giving the spiritual name or the thread, he can perform the

fire yajna in the temple as was being done before. The name of a newly

initiated disciple should be sent by the representative who has acceted him or

her to Srila Prabhupada, to be included in His Divine Grace's "Initiated

Disciples" book.

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It is to be noted sadly----The above order by Srila Prabhupada was revoked

without his ever terminating it. The ISKCON REFORM MOVEMENT court case filed

against the so called gurus in Calcutta is to re-institute this order. Srila

Prabhupada is the DIKSA GURU for ISKCON. Disciples are Srila

Prabhupada’s.

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