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ever, accepted the direct meaning of the Vedanta philosophy and thus defeated the
Mayavada philosophy immediately. He opined in this connection that anyone who
follows the principles of the Sariraka-bhasya is doomed. This is confirmed in the
Padma Purana where Lord Siva tells Parvati:

Srnu devi pravaksyami
tamasani yathakramam

yesam Sravana-matrena
patityam jhaninam api

apartham Sruti-vakyanam
darsa yal loka-garhitam

karma-svarupa-tyajyatvam
atra ca pratipadyate

sarva-karma-paribhramsan
naiskarmyam tatra cocyate

paratma-jivayor aikyam
mayatra pratipadyate

“My dear wife, hear my explanations of how | have spread ignorance through
Mayavada philosophy. Simply by hearing it, even an advanced scholar will fall down.
In this philosophy, which is certainly very inauspicious for people in general, | have
misrepresented the real meaning of the Vedas and recommended that one give up all
activities in order to achieve freedom from karma. In this Mayavada philosophy |
have described the jivatma and Paramatma to be one and the same.’’ How the
Mayavada philosophy was condemned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers
is described in Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Second Chapter, verses 94
through 99, where Svaripa-damodara Gosvami says that anyone who is eager to
understand the Mayavada philosophy must be considered insane. This especially
applies to a Vaisnava who reads the Sariraka-bhasya and considers himself to be one
with God. The Mayavadi philosophers have presented their arguments in such at-
tractive flowery language that hearing Mayavada philosophy may sometimes change
the mind of even a maha-bhagavata, or very advanced devotee. An actual Vaisnava
cannot tolerate any philosophy that claims God and the living being to be one and
the same.

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