My spiritual master did this. My spiritual master said that.

July 3, 1971, is initiation day. Forty devotees accept their beads from Srila Prabhupada's hand, vowing to serve Krishna and practice bhakti-yoga for a lifetime. Among them are the Texas devotees that Vishnujana has attracted. Vishnujana recommends Subhananda and Srinath for first and second initiation together. Prabhupada calls them into his room first, to see whether these new recruits are qualified for double initiation. After speaking with them, he is satisfied. Raghunatha: When Prabhupada gave me the name Raghunatha, Vishnujana Maharaja embraced me and said, "That's a wonderful name. You're so fortunate to have such a wonderful name." At the initiation he was also leading kirtan. His kirtans were continually blissful and perfectly executed. He was always dancing, always in the highest love, and crying continually to sing the Lord's Holy Name. He was content with nothing else. He only had the Lord's Holy Name and a cloth to wear around his body. I spent a lot of time with Vishnujana then. He was in his usual blissful mood, just rolling off different nectar pastimes of Krishna. He was always saying how wonderful Prabhupada was that he had come to teach these things to us. Everything he did was Prabhupada's credit, "My spiritual master did this. My spiritual master said that." Jagat Guru: Vishnujana Maharaja did the fire sacrifice for Srila Prabhupada. That was a grand experience for everyone in the presence of Prabhupada. Every devotee on the West Coast, practically all the way from Vancouver, was there. It was a huge assembly with a big fire yajna. Everything done in LA was done to the top. The world standard came out from LA. Vishnujana had his team from Texas. Of course, everyone was looking at Srila Prabhupada, but I was also looking at Vishnujana Swami. He was the first Swami I ever saw. From that point on, I hankered to get his association. During this period the famous Paramount studio kirtans (The Vishnujana kirtan with Prabhupada playing mrdanga is on the CD: "ISKCON Classics, Vishnujana Swami Kirtans") are recorded. Prabhupada had written Vishnujana Maharaja, "When I return to LA, I may call you back just to hear your chanting of Hare Krishna mantra," and at the studio Srila Prabhupada picks up the mridanga in order to accompany his disciple and pushes Vishnujana Swami forward to lead the kirtan. Sacidevi: I was at Paramount studios when Vishnujana recorded with Prabhupada. I was playing kartals and singing. I remember it was a long process. Now he had sannyasa. It was different. Especially for the women, we had to be very aloof, and he had to be stand-offish. He was like a brother before. We didn't have any concept of "it's not okay," it was just very pure. After he took sannyasa, I saw a little personality change in Vishnujana in his dealings with women. It had to be there. The etiquette was there. Rishabhadeva: I went to a recording studio when Prabhupada and Vishnujana were there. From that very first time in LA and all the way through, whenever I saw His Divine Grace and Vishnujana together, I liked to watch the interchange between the two. Vishnujana would speak very humbly to Prabhupada and Prabhupada always beamed when he spoke to him. The relationship between those two was fascinating to watch. I felt more fortunate being able to watch it than to even be there.