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Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes
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"Anyone who engages in spiritual devotional service without motivation, rendering such service for the satisfaction of the Lord, is elevated immediately to the spiritual platform, and all his activities are spiritual." (Bg. 14.26)  Brahma-bhūyāya  refers to Brahman (spiritual) activities. Although Māyāvādī philosophers are very much eager to merge in the Brahman effulgence, they have no Brahman activities. To a certain extent they recommend Brahman activities, which for them mean engagement in studying the Vedānta and Sāṅkhya philosophies, but their interpretations are but dry speculation. Lacking the varieties of spiritual activity, they cannot stay for long on that platform of simply studying Vedānta or Sāṅkhya philosophy.
Life is meant for varieties of enjoyment. The living entity is by nature full of an enjoying spirit, as stated in the  Vedānta-sūtra  (1.1.12):  ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt . In devotional service the activities are variegated and full of enjoyment. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.2), all devotional activities are easy to perform ( susukhaṁ kartum ), and they are eternal and spiritual ( avyayam ). Since Māyāvādī philosophers cannot understand this, they take it for granted that a devotee's activities ( śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam , etc.) are all material and are therefore  māyā . They also consider Kṛṣṇa's advent in this universe and His activities to be  māyā . Therefore, because they consider everything  māyā , they are known as Māyāvādīs.
Actually, any activities performed favorably for the satisfaction of the Lord, under the direction of the spiritual master, are spiritual. But for a person to disregard the order of the spiritual master and act by concoction, accepting his nonsensical activities to be spiritual, is  māyā . One must achieve the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the mercy of the spiritual master. Therefore one must first please the spiritual master, and if he is pleased, then we should understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also pleased. But if the spiritual master is displeased by our actions, they are not spiritual. Śrila Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura confirms this:  yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi . Activities that please the spiritual master must be considered spiritual, and they should be accepted as satisfying to the Lord.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the supreme spiritual master, instructed His mother about the Māyāvāda philosophy. By saying that the body is dirt and eatables are also dirt, He implied that everything is  māyā . This is Māyāvāda philosophy. The philosophy of the Māyāvādīs is defective because it maintains that everything is  māyā  but the nonsense they speak. While saying that everything is  māyā , the Māyāvādī philosopher loses the opportunity of devotional service, and therefore his life is doomed. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu therefore advised,  māyāvādi-bhāṣya śunile haya sarva-nāśa  (Cc.  Madhya  6.169). If one accepts the Māyāvāda philosophy, his advancement is doomed forever.
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