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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Factually both the Kāśīra and Saranātha Māyāvādīs, as well as any other philosophers who have no knowledge of the spirit soul, are advocates of utter materialism. None of them have clear knowledge regarding the Absolute or the spiritual world. Philosophers like the Saranātha Māyāvādīs who do not believe in the spiritual existence of the Absolute Truth but consider material varieties to be everything do not believe that there are two kinds of nature, inferior (material) and superior (spiritual), as described in  Bhagavad-gītā . Actually, neither the Vārāṇasī nor Saranātha Māyāvādīs accept the principles of  Bhagavad-gītā , due to a poor fund of knowledge. 1
Since these impersonalists who do not have perfect spiritual knowledge cannot understand the principles of  bhakti-yoga , they must be classified among the non-devotees who are against the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We sometimes feel inconvenienced by the hindrances offered by these impersonalists, but we do not care about their so-called philosophy, for we are propagating our own philosophy as presented in  Bhagavad-gītā   As It Is  and getting successful results. Theorizing as if devotional service were subject to their mental speculation, both kinds of Māyāvādī impersonalists conclude that the subject matter of  bhakti-yoga  is a creation of  māyā  and that Kṛṣṇa, devotional service and the devotee are also  māyā . Therefore, as stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,  māyāvādī kṛṣṇe aparādhī : “All the Māyāvādīs are offenders to Lord Kṛṣṇa.” (Cc.  Madhya  17.129) It is not possible for them to understand the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement; therefore we do not value their philosophical conclusions. However expert such quarrelsome impersonalists are in putting forward their so-called logic, we defeat them in every respect and go forward with our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Their imaginative mental speculation cannot deter the progress of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, which is completely spiritual and is never under the control of such Māyāvādīs.
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বৃহ্মাবন যাইতে প্রভু রহিলা কাশীতে ।
মায়াবাদিগণ তাঁরে লাগিল নিষ্কিতে ॥ 8০ ॥
vṛndāvana yāite prabhu rahilā kāśīte māyāvādi-gaṇa tāṅre lāgila nindite
SYNONYMS
vṛndāvana —the holy place called  Vṛndāvana ;  yāite —while going there;  prabhu —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  rahilā —remained;  kāśīte —at Vārāṇasī;  māyāvādi-gaṇa —the Māyāvādī philosophers;  tāṅre —unto Him;  lāgila —began;  nindite —to speak against Him.
TRANSLATION
While Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was passing through Vārāṇasī on His way to  Vṛndāvana , the Māyāvādī sannyāsī philosophers blasphemed against Him in many ways.