Divya (adjective) means divine or on the transcendental platform. Daivi is the noun. Shrila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura instructed Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada in his famous letter to establish the Daivi Varnashrama not the normal ordinary Varnashrama. It will be nice it that letter can be posted in this topic. Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna!
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
Thank You very much for Your reply. What is the meaning of "daivi"?
Yours, Matus
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
Dandavats and obeissances.
Here is Nityananda's reply to Jiva Goswami's last question.
Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya
Parikrama-khanda
Chapter Eighteen
The Removal of Shrila Jiva Gosvami's Doubts and
His Journey to Vrindavana
All glories to Shri Gauranga, the son of Shaci! All glories to Nityananda, the son of Padmavati and life of Jahnava! All glories to Advaita Prabhu, the husband of Sita! All glories to Gadadhara! And all glories to the devotees headed by Shrivasa!
After hearing Shri Jiva's question, Nityananda Raya spoke this profound truth amongst the assembled devotees, "Listen, Jiva. Both Vrindavana and Navadvipa are the shelter of countless blissful devotees. Purified living entities who have crossed over the material nature live here as Krishna's associates. This dhama is an eternally pure spiritual abode, where material nature and time are conquered. In this abode, the land and time are eternally full of bliss and completely opposite to the material world. You should know that the houses, doors, rivers, streams, forests, and court-yards are all completely spiritual and intensely attractive.
"That blissful place, transcendental to material nature, rests on Krishna's inconceivable and supremely magnanimous sandhini energy. By that energy the dhama has descended here in Nadia, for Krishna's real desire is to deliver the living entities. Materialistic persons cannot enter the dhama, nor is there any material influence here.
Maya has eternally covered the dhama with a film of dull matter. People who have no relationship with Krishna Chaitanya simply live on top of that covering, blind to the real truth. Though one is thinking, `I am in Navadvipa,' Praudha Maya happily keeps that person far away from the dhama. But if by some great fortune one receives the association of a devotee, that relationship, or sambandha, with Shri Chaitanya will be established.
"This topic of sambandha is a deep thing, O son of Vallabha, a treasure that the conditioned souls cannot easily understand. Even if one calls out the name of Shri Krishna Chaitanya with seeming affection, if that relationship is not established in his heart, he simply remains in the material realm. Such a person resides on top of the dhama's illusory covering and never attains pure bhakti. That person is the dharmadhvaji, or hypocritically devout, who is especially duplicitous, who has no humility and is full of pride, yet still thinks he is fully qualified.
"By the devotees' mercy, even such a person can give up his pride and perform devotional activities. One should think himself lower than a blade of grass and more tolerant than a tree. He should not desire respect for himself but should expertly offer respect to others. When one possesses these four qualities and sings the glories of Lord Krishna, his relationship with Shri Chaitanya manifests within his heart.
"Now, with Krishna there are five relationships: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. By first worshiping Gauranga in the mood of santa and dasya, the devotee attains Krishna's service in the other rasas. According to his relationship with the Lord, the devotee's eternally perfect mood spontaneously manifests in the course of his devotional service.
"Whoever makes a distinction between Gauranga and Krishna is contemptible and will never attain a relationship with Krishna. But, in the association of devotees, one who possesses the qualities beginning with humility will first worship Gauranga in dasya, or servitude, relationship. This dasya-rasa is the highest mood in the worship of Gauranga. It is in that mood that the devotees call Shri Gauranga `Mahaprabhu.'
"One who is qualified in madhurya-rasa worships Gauranga in the form of Radha and Krishna. As Radha and Krishna have combined in one form as My Gauranga Raya, Their pastimes do not appear to be manifest in His form. When the worship of Gauranga in dasya-rasa reaches full maturity in the heart of the living entity, madhurya-rasa naturally develops in his heart. At that time one's worship of Gaurahari qualifies him to worship Radha and Krishna in Vrindavana. Gauranga then drowns the devotee in the nectar of Radha and Krishna's eternal pastimes, which the devotee enters as he attains Vrindavana.
"The materialist, who is blind to spiritual life, cannot see the deep relationship between Navadvipa and Vraja, which are simultaneously one and different. Know for certain that this same relationship exists between Gaura and Krishna, who are also simultaneously one and different. Gauranga, however, is worshiped in madhurya-rasa in the form of Radha and Krishna. O son of Vallabha, very soon, Rupa and Sanatana will teach you all these truths. Now the Lord Himself has given to you the right to enter Vrindavana. Jiva, do not delay any longer in going there!"
Saying this, the all-merciful Nityananda Prabhu put His feet upon Jiva's head and invested him with spiritual power. In ecstatic love of God, Jiva Gosvami remained unconscious for some time at Nityananda Prabhu's feet. He then began to roll on the ground there, in Shrivasa's courtyard, as ecstatic symptoms of love manifested in his body. Crying, he said, "How unfortunate I am that I did not see the Lord's pastimes in Navadvipa with my own eyes. Gaurahari performed His pastimes to free the souls bound in the material world, but I did not see those activities, so my days simply pass uselessly."
Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna
Jagannatha Gauranga dasa
Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Padmaasana is the best though difficult to perform for many. Vrajasana, Swastikasana or Siddhasana can be performed. I recommend Vajraasana for those who cannot perform Padaamasana. It automatically makes our back erect. It is very good for digestion, concentration and meditation. It also heals the joint problems. One can gradually increase the time on sitting in the asana and chanting. It helps to control and focus the mind.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! 
The stress given is not on Varnasharama but Daivi Varnashrama. In Daivi Varnashrama, Naama Sankirtana and Naama Prachaara is the most important activity. Efforts made for making self-sufficient farm communities etc. are only to facilitate our Naama Sankirtana in the case when the modern civilization collapses under it's own weight. If we lose the main focus of Naama Sankirtana, then the activities of Varnashrama lose their spiritual value in Kali Yuga and it can no longer be called Daivi Varnaashrama.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! Lowerthanarat, many of them have not been translated to English due to the complexity of the superior language of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. I have the Bengali books of many of these untranslated ones. Some devotee should do this important service. His Patravali, Vaktravali etc. need to be translated into English. I will be on the look out if I find any others in English.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! Neither Shrila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura nor Shrila Sanatana Goswami have explicitly written that the devotees in Jaiva Dharma and Brihad Bhagavatamrita are merely fictional characters. We are too tiny and insignificant to come to a speculated conclusion about it. When the pure devotees visualize a pastime in their heart, it is much more real than our own conditioned existence. So we cannot know unless they specifically state about it.
In regards to the second part of the question, I doubt that there can ever be an author like Shrila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura..na bhuto na bhavishyati. Great souls like him come very rarely, once or twice, only when Lord Gaura comes Himself. Writings entertaining novels to explain devotional philosophy is one thing, but writing great scriptures like Jaiva Dharma and Prema Pradipa is not possible for general devotees with insufficient realization.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! A form of Durga devi known as Bhadra Kali does accept non-vegetarian offerings. But these are the forms of Durga presiding over the modes of tamo guna or ignorance.
Shrila Garuda, the Lord's personal carrier does accept non-veg food sometimes as seen in the his pastime with Saubhari Muni. And Shrila Yamaraja, another pure devotee of the Lord, inflicts great pains on the sinfuls souls in the hellish regions.
Since all of them are performing their functions directly under the guidance, permission and instructions of the Supreme Lord Gaura Krishna, they become immune to any apparent anamolies (even sinful acts) which occur during their services to the Lord. They are protected by the Lord directly in all circumstances. But obviously we cannot imitate such great devotees because we have not been ordered directly by the Lord to perform such functions.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! The book is in available in the NITAAI Veda here. As far as I know, the underground cave and iron scraper can no longer be seen in Vraja Dhaama. It was a very confidential pastime which only the two of them knew about. This pastime was enacted in the groves of Nidhivana in Shri Vrindaavana Dhaama.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! I think the BBcode including the quote tag should work now. It is fixed. You can freely use them again.
Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.
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Dear Prabhuji,
Very interesting. However can you please also provide Lord Nityananda's answer to the question in the last paragraph as I guess you have forgotten to write that.
Thanking you in advance.
Sincerely,
Mihir.
Nityananda ! Gauranga ! Hare Krishna !
"Their is a quite a lot there, the best compilation I have seen online of Bhaktisiddhanta's writings."
Yes, Nitaai Veda is real treasure! Nityananda! Gauranga!
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
Regarding this topic I have heard that story about Gopa Kumar is written as "fictional work" but what is important is spiritual point! Srila Sanatan Goswami's Brhad Bhagavatamrta is real nectar! Some devotees are saying that for example Gopa Kumar is not historical figure, but "fictional", and that Srilla Sanatana Goswami used this form of narration to learn us many spiritual topics.
Nitaai Gauraaaa premanande hariboool
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
There is also interesting example of Garuda among devotees! Garuda is not vegetarian! So, how to harmonize and understand according to devotional rules and regulations?
Hare Krishna ,
It is said among devotees that Durgaji being vegetarian does not accept animal offerings, that are factually eating by the witches and demonesses. Would would give any quote for this statement?
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
Dandavats and obeissances.
Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya
Parikrama-khanda
Chapter Seventeen
Jiva Gosvami's Questions and the Answers
All glories to Lord Gaurachandra and Prabhu Nityananda! All glories to Advaita and Gadadhara, who relish ecstatic prema! All glories to the devotees headed by Shrivasa! All glories to Navadvipa-dhama! And all glories to nama-sankirtana, the abode of prema.
Nityananda Prabhu was sitting in Shrivasa Thakura's courtyard with tears of love for Gauranga streaming from His eyes. From all directions saintly Vaishnavas came, overcome by that inundation of love. At that time, Jiva Gosvami appeared there intoxicated with love for Radha and Krishna. Offering dandavats to Nityananda's lotus feet, Jiva rolled in the dust of that place.
Nityananda Prabhu affectionately asked him. "After how many days will you go to Vrindavana?"
Jiva answered, "The Lord's order is supreme. Accepting that order, I must indeed go to Vrindavana. But I have a few questions to ask. O Lord, for the benefit of Your servant, please answer. You say that Navadvipa and Vrindavana are nondifferent. If that is so, why should one make the effort to go to Vrindavana at all?"
After hearing Jiva's question, Nityananda Prabhu answered, "This is a deep topic, so listen carefully. But as long as the Lord's pastimes are manifest, see that the materialists do not know of this.
"Navadvipa and Vrindavana are one principle, one is neither less than nor greater than the other. Vrindavana is the receptacle of rasa, the goal of the living entities, but one who is not qualified cannot receive that nectar. Therefore, that same dhama has mercifully become Navadvipa, where the living entities can attain qualification for that nectar. In other words, Radha and Krishna's pastimes are the highest of all transcendental mellows, therefore one has no immediately right to them.
"After many lifetimes of austerity one reaches the stage of knowledge. When that knowledge matures, one inquires about this rasa. But there are always many obstacles, so to obtain the great treasure of this nectar is very rare indeed. Therefore, anyone and everyone who goes to Vrindavana does not get that rasa. Rather, because of offenses, that sweet nectar turns sour.
"In this terrible age of Kali, offenses are continuous, the body is short-lived, and there are many troubles, so even if one wants the Vrindavana rasa, it is not attainable. Therefore, the only method of getting that rasa is by the mercy of Krishna.
"Radha and Krishna have given that mercy to the living entities by manifesting Vrindavana in the form of Navadvipa and by incarnating in the womb of Saci in a combined form as Gaurahari. In that form, They have given the process to qualify for vraja-rasa. Even the initial presence of offenses does not bar one from quickly attaining the goal of prema.
"If one lives in Navadvipa and takes shelter of the holy name, his offenses will be destroyed and the qualification for the rasa will appear. Love of Krishna will soon shine within his heart and topics of Radha and Krishna will prevail. In this way, by achieving Gauranga's mercy, the living entity attains Vrindavana, the holy abode of Radha and Krishna's nectarean pastimes.
"As this is a confidential topic, do not discuss it openly. Actually, there is absolutely no difference between Navadvipa and Vrindavana. Now you are qualified to take shelter of the place where Radha and Krishna's rasa is fully manifested, so you should go to Vrindavana. In a strict sense, there is no need to go to Vraja-dhama, for upon attaining qualification that Vraja-dhama appears here in Navadvipa. Still you should go to Vraja, for that is the Lord's order. For living entities it is always proper to first take shelter of Navadvipa to obtain the qualification for relishing the rasa of Vraja. Then one may live in Vrindavana, the place for actually acquiring that rasa, and there he will enjoy those transcendental mellows. When you get the mercy of Navadvipa, you will easily attain Vrindavana."
Hearing Nityananda Prabhu's conclusions, Jiva caught His lotus feet in ecstatic bliss and said, "I have one more question. Please listen. Many people live in Navadvipa, but why they are still unable to attain krishna-bhakti? As they are staying in this dhama, how do offenses remain in them? This has been disturbing me. O Lord, You are the abode of the universe, yet You remain eternally free from material contamination. Please tell me how the devotees will be freed from this doubt?"
Desiring the shade of the lotus feet of Nitai and Jahnava, this low and worthless Bhaktivinoda speaks these topics.
Aspiring to be non duplicitous
Jagannatha Gauranga dasa
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
I don't know of any place where one can get articles from the original Harmonist magazines, but if you go the Nitaai Veda by clicking the Veda tab near the top of the page you can access many of Bhaktisiddhanta's works under the section All Scriptures by Acaryas. Their is a quite a lot there, the best compilation I have seen online of Bhaktisiddhanta's writings.
Aspiring for the foot dust of the Vaisnavas
Jagannatha Gauranga dasa
