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and madhurya—and thus he relishes transcendental bliss in that relationship.
Such a relationship certainly transcends the body and mind. When one real-
izes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Supreme Person, he
becomes completely eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord. Such an
ecstatic chanter and dancer must be considered to have a direct relationship
with the Lord.

According to the Vedic principles, there are three stages of spiritual advancement,
namely, sambandha-jnana, abhidheya and prayojana. Sambandha-jnana refers to
establishing one’s original relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
abhidheya refers to acting according to that constitutional relationship, and prayo-
jana is the ultimate goal of life, which is to develop love of Godhead (prema
pumartho mahan). \f one adheres to the regulative principles under the order of the
spiritual master, he very easily achieves the ultimate goal of his life. A person who
is addicted to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra very easily gets the opportunity
to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. There is no need for such a
person to understand the grammatical jugglery in which Mayavadi sannyasis generally
indulge. Sri Sankaracarya also stressed this point. Nahi nahi raksati dukrh-karane:
“Simply by juggling grammatical suffixes and prefixes one cannot save himself from
the clutches of death.’’ The grammatical word jugglers cannot bewilder a devotee
who engages in chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. Simply addressing the energy
of the Supreme Lord as Hare and the Lord Himself as Krsna very soon situ-
ates the Lord within the heart of the devotee. By thus addressing Radha and
Krsna one directly engages in His Lordship’s service. The essence of all re-
vealed scriptures and all knowledge is present when one addresses the Lord
and His energy by the Hare Krsna mantra, for this transcendental vibration
can completely liberate a conditioned soul and directly engage him in the
service of the Lord.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a grand fool, yet He maintained
that all the words that He had heard from His spiritual master strictly followed the
principles stated by Vyasadeva in Srimad-Bhagavatam.

anarthopasamarn saksad
bhakti-yvogam adhoksaje
lokasyajanato vidvarms
cakre satvata-samhitam
“The material miseries of a living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be
directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of
people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyasadeva compiled this Vedic
literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth.” (Bhag. 1.7.6) One can over-
come all misconceptions and entanglement in the material world by practicing
bhakti-yoga, and therefore Vyasadeva, acting on the instruction of Sri Narada,
has very kindly introduced Srimad-Bhagavatam to relieve the conditioned souls
from the clutches of maya. Lord Caitanya’s spiritual master instructed Him, there-
