Ideal places for Initiation:
Ideal places which are acknowledged to be good for initiation are a hermitage, a cow-stall, the house of a Spiritual master, a worshiping place in one's own house, a dense forest, a holy place, a garden and the bank of a river. In the same way, initiation can take place near a bilva-tree, on the top of a mountain, in a cave, on the bank of a river Ganges and at the place and time specified (dictated) by the Spiritual master. The statement of a Spiritual master is as good as a vedic command.
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