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[[Category:Our Advancement (Disciples of SP)]]
[[Category:Our Knowledge (Disciples of SP)]]
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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Initiation Lectures</h3>
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The advancement of knowledge and consciousness. So for that divyam, knowledge, one has to be initiated. Divyam. Dīkṣā means beginning of transcendental knowledge.
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[[Vanisource:760618 - Lecture Initiation - Toronto|760618 - Lecture Initiation - Toronto]]
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So human life is meant for tapasya. Tapo-divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyed sattvam ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.1|SB 5.5.1]]). Don't be carried away by the general, menial, abominable tendencies. Therefore tapasya required. Tapa, we prescribe for tapasya no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication and no gambling. This is tapasya. This is tapasya. We have to accept if we want superior position of life. Tapo divyam. Tapasya, the aim of tapasya is to be situated on the transcendental platform of knowledge, tapo divyam. So this life, this human form of life, is meant for tapasya and transcendental knowledge. This is the purport. Not to waste this life, this human form of life, ayaṁ deha. The cats and dogs also have deha, body. The... Analyze the body of a dog and analyze your body, what is the difference? No difference. There is blood, there is flesh, there is vein, there is so many things, all common things. Then what is the difference between the cat's body and dog's body and your body? The advancement of knowledge and consciousness. So for that divyam, knowledge, one has to be initiated. Divyam. Dīkṣā means beginning of transcendental knowledge.
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