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and  mādhurya —and thus he relishes transcendental bliss in that relationship. Such a relationship certainly transcends the body and mind. When one realizes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Supreme Person, he becomes completely eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord. Such an ecstatic chanter and dancer must be considered to have a direct relationship with the Lord.
According to the Vedic principles, there are three stages of spiritual advancement, namely,  sambandha-jñāna ,  abhidheya  and  prayojana .  Sambandha-jñāna  refers to establishing one's original relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  abhidheya  refers to acting according to that constitutional relationship, and  prayojana  is the ultimate goal of life, which is to develop love of Godhead ( premā pumartho mahān ). If one adheres to the regulative principles under the order of the spiritual master, he very easily achieves the ultimate goal of his life. A person who is addicted to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  very easily gets the opportunity to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. There is no need for such a person to understand the grammatical jugglery in which Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  generally indulge. Śrī Śaṅkarācārya also stressed this point.  Nahi nahi rakṣati ḍukṛṅ-karaṇe:  “Simply by juggling grammatical suffixes and prefixes one cannot save himself from the clutches of death.” The grammatical word jugglers cannot bewilder a devotee who engages in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . Simply addressing the energy of the Supreme Lord as Hare and the Lord Himself as Kṛṣṇa very soon situates the Lord within the heart of the devotee. By thus addressing Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa one directly engages in His Lordship's service. The essence of all revealed scriptures and all knowledge is present when one addresses the Lord and His energy by the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra , for this transcendental vibration can completely liberate a conditioned soul and directly engage him in the service of the Lord.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented Himself as a grand fool, yet He maintained that all the words that He had heard from His spiritual master strictly followed the principles stated by Vyāsadeva in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
anarthopaśamaṁ sāksād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasyājānato vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām
“The material miseries of a living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.” ( Bhāg.  1.7.6) One can overcome all misconceptions and entanglement in the material world by practicing  bhakti-yoga , and therefore Vyāsadeva, acting on the instruction of Śrī Nārada, has very kindly introduced  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  to relieve the conditioned souls from the clutches of  māyā . Lord Caitanya's spiritual master instructed Him, there-