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Dear Basu Ghosh Prabhu, PAMHO. AGTSP!

 

Here is the promised pramana:

 

>From Prameya Ratnavali 8.6 by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu:

 

He quotes the Padma Purana verse which I previously cited and one by one

explains each of the five samskaras. For the 3rd samskara (naama) he

comments as follows:

 

naamaatra gaditam saddhir hari-bhrtya-tva bodhakam

 

"The 'giving of the name' means that one must bear a name which designates

one as a servant of Hari.

 

Technically, we are not receiving the holy name from the guru, but rather,

we receive mantras, specific combinations. At the time of second initiation

we receive gayatri mantra chanted in our ear, and at the time of first

initiation we receive the Hare Krishna mahamantra, both chanted by the guru

as well as through the beads chanted on by the guru. So it is not a single

process of five samskaras divided into two time frames, as I have heard

sometimes stated. For an initiation to be in accordance with sastra, all

five angas must be present. Thus both of our initiation processes as

observed in ISKCON are separate processes with separate mantras given and

separate results achieved. Sannyas diksa also has these five elements.

 

Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das

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