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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
“I appear in My own internal potency.” He is not overpowered by the material potency when He is in the material world; Krishna and the incarnations are not under its control—They are free. In  Srimad Bhagwatam  this is the definition of godly nature—one is not affected although in material Nature. Even a devotee can attain this freedom. Rupa Goswami explains that, if you want to remain unattached to material contamination, the formula is to make your ambition to serve Krishna. How to serve? It is not done by simply meditating, which is just an activity of the mind, but by practical work. It is achieved by working for Krishna. No resource should be left unused; whatever is there, whatever you have, should be used for Krishna by practical work. We can use everything: airplanes, the atom bomb, anything. If you speak to an audience of Krishna Consciousness, that is also service. If your mind, senses, speech, money, and energy are engaged, then you are not in material Nature. Krishna and His expansions and His devotees are not in material Nature, but foolish persons think that They are.
Chaitanya Charitamrita  means that the spirit soul is immortal, and that activities in the Spiritual World are also immortal. The  Mayavadis , those who hold to the view that the Absolute is impersonal and formless, say that a realized soul has no more need to talk. The  Vaishnava  says, “No, talking begins at that stage. Our previous talk was nonsense and had no value; now let us begin real talk: talks of Krishna.”
The  Mayavadis  use the example of the water pot: when the pot is not filled with water, it makes a sound; but when the pot is filled it makes no sound. But am I a water pot? Can I be compared to a water pot? Logically, an analogy points out similarities, and the greatest number of similarities between the two objects makes the best analogy. A water pot is not an active living force. A pot can’t move. So ever-silent meditation is inadequate. Why?  Because we have so much to say about Krishna that we don’t have time to finish when there are only twenty-four hours in a day.  The fool, however, is celebrated as long as he doesn’t speak. When he breaks his silence his lack of knowledge is exposed.  Chaitanya Charitamrita  shows that there are so many things to discover, simply for glorifying the Supreme.
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami writes: “I offer my respects to my Spiritual Masters.” He uses the plural to express the discipline succession. Not that  my  Spiritual Master only is offered obeisances, but the whole  Parampara , the chain of discipline succession. The  Guru  is addressed in the plural to show the highest respect. After offering respect to the discipline succession, it is offered to devotees, other Godbrothers, the Spiritual Master, expansions of Godhead,