This beautiful transcendental signature of Srila Prabhupada Speaking with a friend, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, of the few who remain, he came to a conclusion that left me astonished, for its simplicity and logic. What the devotees initiated in the 80s by the magnificent 11, the gurus of the area, are really disciples of Srila Prabhupada, they were the ones who initiated, but they acted, as the famous letter says, very easy. These "gurus" were actually named ritviks in the life of Srila Prabhupada, with their signature. And therefore, the initiation they gave is valid. Not as they believed in the suiri, they were the ones who initiated, but they acted, as the famous letter says, as priests, starting in the