Question: Regarding first initiation. Apart from four regulative principles, and 16 rounds chanting, and reading Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 1 etc. do we need to develop any Vaiṣṇava qualities also to be eligible to take first initiation?

Jayapatākā Swami: By reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā, one should naturally obtain spiritual qualities and so by reading naturally one gets association with different spiritual personalities, so we try to obtain these qualities. And eventually we can achieve...