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The Three Divine Orders
Q. What are the Three
Divine Orders?
A. by Swami Gaurangapada
Order of Acharyas &
Shastra--to constantly chant “Nityananda”
Order of Lord
Nityananda--to constantly chant “Gauranga”
Order of Lord
Gauranga--to constantly chant “Hare Krishna”.
Some say that since the
order of Lord Gauranga is to chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra we should only
follow that. But what about the divine order of Lord Nityananda to chant the
Name of Gauranga constantly? No one wants to follow that order. No one can
follow the order of Lord Gauranga without first implementing the order of Lord
Nityananda. If someone tries to approach Lord Gauranga directly without Lord
Nityananda, he or she will never be accepted by the Lord. And what about the
supreme order of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada (in his Anubhashya), Shrila
Prabhupada, Shrila Narottama Das Thakura and all the acharyas that "Always
chant Nitai-Gaura". One can never approach Their Lordships Shri Shri
Nityananda-Gauranga without following the order of the acharyas which is to
constantly chant the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas along with the Hare
Krishna Mahamantra. So the key to rapid success in our spiritual lives lies in
our endeavours to successful execute all the above three orders of the Lords,
Acharyas and the Scriptures without leaving out any one order. Unfortunately
one is trying to imitate what the great Acharyas may have done rather hearing
and implementing their universal instructions about constantly chanting the
Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas along with the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
Some also claim that
chanting of the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas is escapism from the ten
offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Instead one should try
to avoid the ten offenses and chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra only. There are
totally in ignorance. It is common sense to understand that escaping a bad
thing is very good. What is the harm in that? If you can escape the ten
offenses you instantly achieve pure love for Lord Gauranga-Krishna which is the
goal of our lives. The Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas do not merely
provide us with an escape from the ten offenses but totally destroy the ten
offenses and award us with pure love of God within a very short time and actual
qualification to chant the pure Hare Krishna Mahamantra. So it is the greatest
intelligence not escapism to chant the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas
along with the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
Some claim that by
chanting the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas one becomes derailed. Yes,
Shuddha Sarasvati is speaking through their mouth unknown to them and she is
glorifying the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas. By chanting the Nityananda
and Gauranga Mantrarajas, one becomes permanently derailed from:
(1) the cycle of birth and death and the 8.4
million species of life and go back to Godhead.
(2) the thirst for material desires
(3) from the ignorance of the material body
(4) from bewilderment of jnana and karma and so
on and on
What is the harm if one
gets derailed from the wrong things? One should become very happy. And if they
claim that by chanting the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas one becomes
derailed from spiritual life then that is total nonsense against all the revealed
scriptures and the greatest offense against the most merciful Names of God.
Do you think Lord
Nityananda and Shrila Shivananda Sena were derailed by constantly chanting the
Name of Gauranga? It is the greatest violence and crime of soul to stop anyone
from chanting the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas along with the Hare Krishna
Mahamantra. In Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata, the Supreme Lord Gauranga Himself
states that if a Guru or for that matter even Brahma or Shiva (which they never
do ofcourse) were to speak anything against the scriptures or stop anyone from
chanting the bonafide Name of the Lord that their such instructions are
resulting from bewilderment and ignorance and should be rejected by the
bonafide and intelligent disciple.
Some falsely suggest that
one should chant the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas along with the the
Hare Krishna Mahamantra only if one’s Guru is not a maha-bhagavata otherwise
there is no need. But they fail to remember that Shrila Shivananda Sena and
Shrila Balarama Dasa being the topmost Maha-bhagavatas themselves were
constantly chanting the Names of Gauranga and Nityananda. Who is higher than
Lord Nityananda Himself? He was also constantly chanting the Gaura Gopala
Mantra. Are they implying that Lord Nityananda was not a Maha-bhagavata?
Totally absurd. Infact the qualification of the real Maha-bhagavata Guru will
be to follow in the footsteps of Lord Nityananda and thus he or she will never
discriminate between the chanting of the Nityananda and Gauranga Mantrarajas
and the Hare Krishna Mahamantra and never ever discourage his or her disciples
and followers from chanting the most merciful Names of Nityananda and Gauranga
Mantra along with the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Like Shrila Prabhuupada who
clearly stated: “Therefore *ONE WHO CHANTS THE MANTRA "GAURANGA" and
ONE WHO CHANTS THE NAMES OF RADHA AND KRSNA ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL."
(Shrila Prabhupada in Cc Antya-lila 2.31 purport) and also “Nitai-Gauranga and Hare Krishna,
there is no difference. Nitai-Gauranga is also nice. Whatever he finds
convenient, let him chant.” (Shrila Prabhupada's Room Conversation with Yoga
Student specifically regarding Japa, March 14, 1975, Iran).