Beautiful Way of Life (Guidebook to The Path of Bhakti-Yoga) by Srila Narayana

Beautiful Way of Life (Guidebook to The Path of Bhakti-Yoga) by Srila Narayana Introduction Sri Bhagavan Himself is the only worshipable object of the Vaisnavas. Only those who are initiated into the visnu-mantras, in other words, who have received visnu-diksa, and who engage in the worship of Visnu are Vaisnavas. Therefore, the acceptance of visnu-diksa and the consequent engagement in the worship of Visnu is the primary symptom of Vaisnavism. It is imperative for an initiated person to embrace and relish the prescribed conduct and obligatory duties of the Vaisnavas, which have been presented upon the merciful order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by the Vaisnava acaryas. It is mentioned in various sastras that all four people from the four varnas and asramas have the right to become Vaisnavas by accepting the visnu-mantras and then engaging in the worship of Visnu. All the fruitive endeavors of an uninitiated person are meaningless. Due to not having received visnu-diksa such a person has