20220416 1. One’s Relationship with The Supreme Personality of Godhead, 2. Activities In Terms of That Relationship, And, 3. The Ultimate Goal of Life [To Develop Love of God] Are Three Subjects Explained In Every Aphorism of The Vedānta-Sūtra, Part 2

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on April 16th,2022 in Sri Dhama Mayapur, India.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim 
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam 
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Continuing with Caitanya-Caritāmṛta Adi līlā chapter 7.

1. One’s Relationship with The Supreme Personality of Godhead, 2. Activities In Terms of That Relationship, And, 3. The Ultimate Goal of Life [To Develop Love of God] Are Three Subjects Explained In Every Aphorism of The Vedānta-Sūtra, Part 2

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.143

kṛṣṇapremāi upeya, ‘prayojana’ vā pañcama-puruṣārtha :—

kṛṣṇera caraṇe haya yadi anurāga 
kṛṣṇa vinu anyatra tāra nāhi rahe rāga

Translation: “If one develops his love of Godhead and becomes attached to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, gradually he loses his attachment to everything else.

Purport: This is a test of advancement in devotional service. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.42), bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra ca: in bhakti, a devotee’s only attachment is Kṛṣṇa; he no longer wants to maintain his attachments to many other things. Although Māyāvādī philosophers are supposed to be very much advanced on the path of liberation, we see that after some time they descend to politics and philanthropic activities. Many big sannyāsīs who were supposedly liberated and very advanced have come down again to materialistic activities, although they left this world as mithyā (false). When a devotee develops in devotional service, however, he no longer has attachments to such philanthropic activities. He is simply inspired to serve the Lord, and he engages his entire life in such service. This is the difference between Vaiṣṇava and Māyāvādī philosophers. Devotional service, therefore, is practical, whereas Māyāvāda philosophy is merely mental speculation.

Jayapatākā Swami: The Vaiṣṇavas practice what they preach. The Māyāvādīs say that the world is false, but then they are doing activities which are part of the material world. So, they do not practice what they preach that’s why their philosophy is considered mental speculation.

Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.144

pañcama puruṣārtha sei prema-mahādhana 
kṛṣṇera mādhurya-rasa karāya āsvādana

Translation: “Love of Godhead is so exalted that it is considered to be the fifth goal of human life. By awakening one’s love of Godhead, one can attain the platform of conjugal love, tasting it even during the present span of life.

Purport: The Māyāvādī philosophers consider the highest goal of perfection to be liberation (mukti), which is the fourth perfectional platform. Generally people are aware of four principal goals of life — religiosity (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kāma) and ultimately liberation (mokṣa) — but devotional service is situated on the platform above liberation. In other words, when one is actually liberated (mukta) he can understand the meaning of love of Godhead (kṛṣṇa-prema). While teaching Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stated, koṭi-mukta-madhye ‘durlabha’ eka kṛṣṇa-bhakta: “Out of millions of liberated persons, one may become a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

The most elevated Māyāvādī philosopher can rise to the platform of liberation, but kṛṣṇa-bhakti, devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, is transcendental to such liberation.

Śrīla Vyāsadeva explains this fact in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.2):

dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁ 
vedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu śiva-daṁ tāpa-trayonmūlanam

“Completely rejecting all religions which are materially motivated, the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are pure in heart.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we see how love of Kṛṣṇa is actually, the real perfection of life. “Completely rejecting all religions which are materially motivated, the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries.”

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the explanation of the Vedānta-sūtra, is meant for paramo nirmatsarāṇām, those who are completely aloof from jealousy. Māyāvādī philosophers are jealous of the existence of the Personality of Godhead.

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

So Bhagavad-gītā explains how one can completely focus on Kṛṣṇa's pastimes and that real perfection of life is love of Godhead.

Therefore, the Vedānta-sūtra is not actually meant for them. They unnecessarily poke their noses into the Vedanta-sūtra, but they have no ability to understand it because, as the author of the Vedānta-sūtra writes in his commentary, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is meant for those who are pure in heart (paramo nirmatsarāṇām). If one is envious of Kṛṣṇa, how can he understand the Vedānta-sūtra or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam? The Māyāvādīs’ primary occupation is to offend the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. For example, although Kṛṣṇa demands our surrender in the Bhagavad-gītā, the greatest scholar and so-called philosopher in modern India has protested that it is “not to Kṛṣṇa” that we have to surrender. Therefore, he is envious. Since Māyāvādīs of all different descriptions are envious of Kṛṣṇa, they have no scope for understanding the meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra. Even if they were on the liberated platform, as they falsely claim, love of Kṛṣṇa is beyond the state of liberation — a fact stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and repeated here by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya has stated that one can get love of Kṛṣṇa if they are free from all envy. But the Māyāvādī are kṛṣṇa-aparādhīs and as such they have no access to the Vedānta-sūtra or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam so this way although they claim to be best scholars of the Vedānta-sūtra, they are naturally disqualified because they are very envious and hearing them Lord Caitanya said, one may also ruin their spiritual life.