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a man for understanding the value of the transcendental vibration. Such persons who are entangled in academic knowledge are conditioned souls who are confused about the facts of  I  and  My understanding . As such, they are unable to detach their minds from the external energy.
When a person actually attains transcendental knowledge, he becomes free from this duality and becomes engaged in transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord. The transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord is the only means for being detached from material activities. A person properly initiated by a bona fide Spiritual Master, and engaged in chanting  Hare Krishna ,  Hare Krishna ,  Krishna Krishna ,  Hare Hare / Hare Rama ,  Hare Rama ,  Rama Rama ,  Hare Hare , gradually becomes freed from the conception of  I  and  Mine , and therefore becomes attached to the transcendental loving service, in one of the five different transcendental relationships. Such transcendental service is not subject matter for the gross and subtle bodies. When, however, one can understand that there is no difference between the Supreme and His Name, at that time only can he be situated in Krishna Consciousness. At that time he has no longer any necessity for grammatical adjustment of the language. Rather, he becomes more interested in the subject matter of the address:  Hare Krishna —O my Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service!
Lord Chaitanya explained all this to Prakasananda Saraswati and told him that He had heard it from His Spiritual Master in these words. He informed Prakasananda Saraswati that His Spiritual Master had taught Him that the actual commentary on the  Vedanta Sutra  is  Srimad Bhagwatam , as it is stated in the  Srimad Bhagwatam  by Vyasadeva, the Author of  Vedanta Sutra .
The perfection of a student is to understand the identity of the Holy Name and the Supreme Lord. And, without being under the shelter of such a realized Spiritual Master, one's understanding of the Supreme is simply foolishness. One can, however, fully understand the transcendental by service and devotion. When Lord Chaitanya uttered  Krishna  without any offense, or when He offenselessly chanted the Krishna Mantra, or Maha Mantra, He declared that it can at once deliver a conditioned soul from the material contamination. In this Age of Kali there is no other alternative to chanting this Maha Mantra. It is stated that the essence of all Vedic literature is to chant this Holy Name of Krishna:  Hare Krishna ,  Hare Krishna ,  Krishna Krishna ,  Hare Hare / Hare Rama ,  Hare Rama ,  Rama Rama ,  Hare Hare . He also said to Prakasananda Saraswati that, in order to convince Me about this essential fact of Vedic knowledge, he has taught Me a verse from  Brihad Naradiya Puranam :