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dental to the service of the limited, he cannot be a person with Vedanta knowledge.
So long as one is in the limited jurisdiction of fruitive activities, or involved in mental speculation, he is perhaps eligible for studying or instructing on the theoretical knowledge of  Vedanta Sutra , but he cannot be on the platform of understanding the Supreme, Eternal, transcendental (completely liberated) vibration of  Hare Krishna ,  Hare Krishna ,  Krishna Krishna ,  Hare Hare/Hare Rama ,  Hare Rama ,  Rama Rama ,  Hare Hare . In other words, anyone who has achieved his perfection in chanting the transcendental vibration  Hare Krishna  does not have to learn separately the philosophy of  Vedanta Sutra .
Persons who are not eligible by thorough understanding of the transcendental vibration as nondifferent from the Supreme, and who try to become Mayavadi philosophers and expert in  Vedanta Sutra , are all fools according to the teaching of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, or the bona fide Spiritual Master. To study  Vedanta Sutra  by the ascending process is another sign of foolishness. On the other hand, he who has attained the taste for chanting the transcendental vibration is actually situated at the conclusion of Vedanta. In this connection there are two verses of  Srimad Bhagwatam  which are very instructive: The purport of the first is that, even if a person is born in the family of the lowest of human beings, but is engaged in chanting the transcendental vibration, then it is to be understood that he has already performed all kinds of renunciation and austerities, and has performed all kinds of sacrifices, and has studied all the  Brahma Sutras —so that he is now able to chant  Hare Krishna ,  Hare Krishna ,  Krishna Krishna ,  Hare Hare/Hare Rama ,  Hare Rama ,  Rama Rama ,  Hare Hare . The purport of the second verse is that a person who is chanting the two syllables  Ha-re  (ray) must be considered as having studied all the Vedas: the  Rig Veda ,  Atharva Veda ,  Yaju Veda  and  Sama Veda .
On the other hand, there are many so-called devotees who think that Vedanta is meant for a particular class of men, and is not meant for the devotees. They do not know that Vedanta is the only platform of pure devotees. All the great Acharyas of the four Sampradayas of the Vaishnava sect have made their commentaries on the  Vedanta Sutra , but the so-called devotee class, who are known as  Prakrita Sahajia , carefully avoid the study of  Vedanta Sutra . The  Prakrita Sahajia  misunderstand the pure devotees and Vaishnav Acharyas as being mental speculators or fruitive actors. As a result of such a conclusion, they themselves become Mayavadis, and leave the service of the Supreme Lord.
Understanding the  Vedanta Sutra  by academic knowledge never qualifies