Question by Bhakta Gary, South Africa: Maharaja, what is the main difference between siksa and diksa?Srila Gurumaharaj: For all gurus siksa is a kind of the common denominator. All gurus are giving siksa, or instruction. Siksa means instructions which is representing Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead accurately. Srila Prabhupada mentions in his books that usually when a person is getting siksa who is helping him the most in siksa giving him the biggest contribution to his faith that person usually one takes initiation from. Taking initiation, or diksa, is really a commitment to the guru parampara and the spiritual master also is having responsibilities for the initiated disciple. So the diksa guru is simultaneously diksa and siksa guru. Srila Prabhupada said, "I am both the diksa and siksa for my disciples." There maybe other siksa gurus also who help the diksa guru in instructing the devotee to get to serve Guru and Krishna. When a siksa guru gives instruction, he is also obliged to give the instruction which is according to sadhu and sastra and the previous gurus. If he gives mis-instruction then he will be also held responsible. So there can be many siksa gurus but there can only be one diksa guru. Diksa means getting the mantra, siksa means getting instruction. With diksa, siksa is included.
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