Bimla Prasad Das - SB(10.45.29) CAN WE DISCONTINUE GAYATRI INITIATIONS IN GAUDIYA VAISNAVA PARAMPARA

To the argument that only those who do deity worship needs to have gayatri, it would be noteworthy to remember that anyone who becomes diksa guru must have those mantras in order to give them to his disciples whether he himself is engaged in deity worship or not! That’s called parampara. If diksa is part of bhajana kriya where we learn the ropes of devotional service then what is the position of second initiation The understanding of gayatri actually come from the guru. But if the understanding doesn’t comes to us in that form or from any other higher vaisnava then a combination of books on that subject and our connection to the parampara can still get us something significant. Mahaprabhu’s conception of vaisnava overwhelms the puranic conception of who is a vaisnava Veda mata- Brahma Gayatri is the personality from whom the personified Vedas are born. The whole vedic literature has evolved from this mantra. When you say that Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on Vedanta Sutra, the goal is Vrndavana(vraja) above all, then you must prove that from the Brahma-Gayatri, which is the origin of the Vedas themselves all the arguments listed below: i. Gopis are the highest plane of love ii. Mahaprabhu is the highest avatara of love ii. Bhagavatam, Vrndavana, Radha and Mahaprabhu So Bhagavad Gita takes us to Vrndavana Srimad Bhagavata “ “ “ Gayatri mantras “ “ “ Ratha Yatra festival “ “ “