Following the example of Ramanuja, Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada, the Jagad Guru Preceptor for ALL of us, took sannyasa from the picture of his Gurudeva, Srila Gaurakishora Goswami Babaji Maharajah, who was a Babaji.
At that time he did not find any suitable Vaisnava guru, so he had to take from a photo of his Gurudeva. He wandered through Vrndavan and struck his forehead with his palm. “I came to such a holy place, but I could not find a true Vaisnava here.” That was his impression there. That came from his mouth. He could not find a true Vaisnava in the whole of Vrndavan and Navadvip.- courtesy Mother Pancali dd.
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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati thus took one RITVIK initiation, as did most of Srila Prabhupada's disciples. It is now established TRADITION. Whereas rubber-stamps are PERDITION.
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