Date: June 29, 2002
Length: 1 hour 7 min

In this initiation lecture, Swami sheds light on various aspects of spiritual understanding and practice, including the position of the guru, the significance of the sadhaka-deha, the nature of Krsna nama and Krsna mantra, and the three levels of manifestation of Krsna-nama: namaparadha, namabhasa, and suddha nama, with their respective characteristics and results. He proceeds to delineate the ten offenses in chanting Krsna nama, as well as the four categories of namabhasa, all illustrated by clear examples, and closes with a discussion of the four classes of sinful activity to be avoided in devotional life.