bhaktisar

I expect the moderator is also able to see that you have been posting under a number of logins too, Puru, before I logged in as a member.

You are trying to tell us that it is impossible to chant the suddha-nama without having received gayatri mantra diksa. I don't accept that to be true. Your guru may say it is so, but Mahaprabhu said otherwise. diksa-purascarya-vidhi apeksa na kare jihva-sparse a-candala sabare uddhare Take Mahaprabhu's name off your list, along with the many others who you wrongfully say are supporting your apasiddhantic conclusions. The soul is already pure and by chanting without offence we can reawaken our soul from the material dream the soul is currently engaged in. krsna prema nitya siddha sadhya kabu naya, sravanadi suddha citte karaye udaya Sravanadi - by hearing and chanting we reawaken our soul from the illusion of Maya. Gayatri may be heard and chanted by the soul, but even without gayatri he can still become pure. Gayatri may not be necessary at all

You can cut and paste to your heat's content Puru das. But when Srila Sridhar Maharaj spoke about mantra diksa and said "it may not be necessary at all" I take the direct meaning of what he said to be the actual message he was speaking. Gayatri: it may not be necessary at all

diksa-purascarya-vidhi apeksa na kare jihva-sparse a-candala sabare uddhare Shiva, you beat me to it, when you posted this verse! Mahaprabhu's name shouldn't be on Puru's list. Nor should Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's name.

These are the direct words of Srila Sridhar Maharaj. To try and assert that he had a different point of view on this point is nothing more than sophistry.

Yes go off and do nama bhajan Puru

This sort of sophistry by Puru das is inexcusible. Many of the people on this list he has given have made clear, unequivocal statements (some of them, in English) that a person need not necessarily receive gayatri diksa in order to "Go back to Godhead". Srila Sridhara Maharaja's quotes have already been published on this thread. His statements are perfectly clear - for those who are listening and who are not sophists. Examples? Take a look at CC Antya 3.137. The prostitute initiated into Sri Nama by Haridasa Thakura did not receive Gayatri, but she did "attain the feet of Krishna" as her accomplishement through Nama bhajan.