Nityananda Caritamrta

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Introduction
Sréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura has sung, hena nitäi bine
bhäi rädhä kåñëa päite nai; without the mercy of Lord
Nityänanda, no one can attain Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa.
The ultimate goal of life is the attainment of kåñëa-prema,
or love for Kåñëa. This is possible only by the mercy of a
sädhu-guru. Çré Nityänanda Prabhu is the sum total of all gurus
(samañöi-guru). Indeed, He is guru-tattva. All individual
gurus (vyañöi) are representations of Çré Nityänanda. Çréla
Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura wrote in his Harmonist
magazine about the manifestation of guru as the representative
of Çré Nityänanda:
“The guru is the embodiment of the manifestation of the
Divinity to the pure receptive spiritual essence of the disciple.
Nityänanda is the primary manifestive constituent of the Divinity.
Nityänanda alone possesses the distinctive function of the
guru. In Nityänanda the function is embodied. Nityänanda is
the servant-God. He serves Çré Gaurasundara by the distinctive
method of reverential servitude. He is identical with Çré Balaräma
of kåñëa-lélä. Çré Balaräma is not the chum of Kåñëa, but
His respected elder brother. It is an intimate relationship characterized
by becoming reserved on one side, and of respectful
deference on the other. Individual souls are under the direction
of Nityänanda. They receive their service of Çré Gaurasundara,
i.e., of Kåñëa, at His hands. Nityänanda is not a jéva. He is Divinity.
He is the ultimate source of the jéva. The jéva is a potency
of Nityänanda. No jéva can be the medium of the service of the
Absolute to another jéva. The Absolute alone may communicate
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