In the above photograph you can see my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, bestowing the ultimate mercy of spiritual initiation upon a new disciple. He lovingly bestowed this same mercy upon me in a letter from London on 12 August 1971. Accepting him as my spiritual master meant fully dedicating myself to accepting his orders as my very life and soul. This was the most sublime turning point in my eternal existence. After being caught up in the cycle of birth and death for countless eons I was then ushered into ecstatic life of ever-increasing
spiritual awakening solidly situated on the path back to my real eternal, all-blissful identity in the pastimes of Krishna in the spiritual world.
If you have not already taken initiation, the same mercy is available for you. Become fixed up in chanting at least 16 rounds daily of the Hare Krishna mantra on chanting beads while also
strictly avoiding illiicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling. Become steady in this practice and you can also become initiated, solidly situated on the platform of deathlessness.
