Gayatri initiation for Women also
Govinda dasi: Goursundar really wanted this Gayatri mantra, so he talked to Prabhupada about it. He was reading all kinds of things. So Prabhupada agreed to give him Gayatri mantra and give him second initiation. So I met him on the street and he had his hair all shaved off, that really bothered me. But that night he had the Gayatri mantra initiation, and I was upset because he was going to give Goursundar a mantra but he wasn't going to give it to me. So I felt very left out. So when it came time to go for the initiation ceremony, I said, "Well, I'm not feeling very well so I'm not going to go." I was pouting.
And then after they left, I thought to myself, "What am I doing? I don't want to be not there!" So I ran out the door and ran the 10 blocks all the way to the temple and burst into the temple, and Prabhupada was sitting there giving the initiation and he looked up and he said, "Ah, Govinda dasi, I was wondering how you could stay away. You love to hear me speak so much." Because he wanted me to come, but I was mad. I was very upset about this. And so because I was a little upset, he decided that the girls also should have Gayatri mantra. Jadurani was more upset. And so he gave us initiation the next evening with the Gayatri mantra because he knew that in this country the girls and the boys are educated in the same way.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada – Remembrances by Yadubara Dasa
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