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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
Srimad Bhagwatam.  At present the followers of all the Acharyas have written many books following the principles of  Srimad Bhagwatam  as the commentary on the Vedanta. Sankara's commentary on the  Vedanta Sutra , known as  Sarirakabhasya  is very much adored by the impersonalist class of scholars. But commentary on the Vedanta from the materialistic point of view is completely adverse to the transcendental loving position of devotional service to the Lord. And, therefore, Lord Chaitanya said that the direct commentary of the  Upanishad  and  Vedanta Sutra  is glorious, and anyone who follows the  Sarirakabhasya  of Sankaracharya without following the direct path is certainly doomed.
Lord Chaitanya admitted that Sankaracharya was an incarnation of Lord Shiva, and Lord Shiva is one of the greatest devotees, a  Mahajan  of the Bhagwat school. There are twelve great authorities on devotional service, and Lord Shiva is one of them. Then, why did he adopt the process of Mayavadi philosophy? The answer is given in the  Padma Purana , where there is a statement by Lord Shiva as follows: "The Mayavadi philosophy is veiled Buddhist philosophy." In other words, the void philosophy of Buddha is more or less repeated in the Mayavadi philosophy of impersonalism, although the Mayavadi philosophy claims to be directed by the Vedic conclusions. Lord Shiva thus admits that this philosophy was manufactured by him in the Age of Kali as a Brahmin boy to mislead the atheist class of men: "Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His transcendental Body, but I describe the Supreme as impersonal. Similarly, I have explained the  Vedanta Sutra  also on the same principles of Mayavadi philosophy."
In the  Shiva Puranam  there is one statement by the Supreme Lord: "In the beginning of the  Dvapara Yuga , under My order, there will be many sages who will bewilder the people in general by Mayavadi philosophy." In the  Padma Purana , Lord Shiva personally says to Bhagavati Devi: "My dear Devi, sometimes I speak Mayavadi philosophy for persons who are engrossed in the modes of ignorance. But anyone in the modes of goodness who happens to hear this Mayavadi philosophy falls. In the Mayavadi philosophy I say that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are one and the same."
Sadanada Yogi, one of the greatest Mayavadi Acharyas, has written in his book,  Vedanta Sara , as follows: "Absolute Truth of eternity, knowledge and bliss is  Brahman . Ignorance and all products of ignorance are non- Brahman . Any products out of the three modes of material Nature are covered by ignorance, and all are different from the Supreme Cause and effect. This ignorance