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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
correlation between the energy and the energetic, both of them are non-different also. Therefore, the Lord and the living entities are nondifferent as the energy and the energetic.
“Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego are all inferior energies of the Lord, but the living entities are different from all as superior energy. This is the version of  Bhagavad-gītā .
“The transcendental form of the Lord is eternally existent and full of transcendental bliss. How then can such a form be a product of the material mode of goodness? Anyone, therefore, who does not believe in the form of the Lord is certainly a faithless demon and as such is untouchable, a not to be seen  persona non grata  fit to be punished by the Plutonic king.
“The Buddhists are called atheists because they have no respect for the  Vedas , but those who defy the Vedic conclusions, as above mentioned, under the pretense of being followers of the  Vedas , are verily more dangerous than the Buddhists.
“Śrī Vyāsadeva very kindly compiled the Vedic knowledge in his  Vedānta-sūtra , but if one hears the commentation of the Māyāvādī school (as represented by the Śaṅkara  sampradāya ) certainly he will be misled on the path of spiritual realization.
“The theory of emanations is the beginning subject of the  Vedānta-sūtra . All the cosmic manifestations are emanations from the Absolute Personality of Godhead by His inconceivable different energies. The example of the touchstone is applicable to the theory of emanation. The touchstone can convert an unlimited quantity of iron into gold, and still the touchstone remains as it is. Similarly, the Supreme Lord can produce all manifested worlds by His inconceivable energies, and yet He is full and unchanged. He is  pūrṇa  [complete], and although an unlimited number of  pūrṇas  emanate from Him, He is still  pūrṇa .
“The theory of illusion of the Māyāvāda school is advocated on the ground that the theory of emanation will cause a transformation of the Absolute Truth. If that is the case, Vyāsadeva is wrong. To avoid this, they have skillfully brought in the theory of illusion. But the world or the cosmic creation is not false, as maintained by the Māyāvāda school. It simply has no permanent existence. A nonpermanent thing cannot be called false altogether. But the conception that the material body is the self is certainly wrong.
“ Praṇava [om]  or the  omkāra  in the  Vedas  is the primeval hymn. This transcendental sound is identical with the form of the Lord. All the Vedic hymns are based on this  praṇava omkāra .  Tattvamasi  is but a side word in the Vedic literatures, and therefore this word cannot be the primeval hymn