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as His eternal servant is a manifestation of ignorance. If we accept the judgment of
Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita, however, the Mayavadis are to be considered mayaya-
pahrta-jriana, or bereft of all knowledge, because they do not recognize the exis-
tence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or they claim that His existence isa
product of the material conception (maya). These are characteristics of asuras or
demons. ,

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His discourses with Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya,
said:

jivera nistara lagi’ sutra Raila vyasa
mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa
(Cc. Madhya 6.169)

Vyasadeva composed the Vedanta-sutra to deliver the conditioned souls from this
material world, but Sankaracarya, by presenting the Vedania-sutra in his own way,
has clearly done a great disservice to human society, for one who follows his
Mayavada philosophy is doomed. In the Vedanta-sutra, devotional service is clearly
indicated, but the Mayavadi philosophers refuse to accept the spiritual body of the
Supreme Absolute Person and refuse to accept that the living entity has an individual
existence separate from that of the Supreme Lord. Thus they have created atheistic
havoc all over the world, for such a conclusion is against the very nature of the
transcendental process of pure devotional service. The Mayavadi philosophers’
unrealizable ambition to become one with the Supreme through denying the exis-
tence of the Personality of Godhead results in a most calamitous misrepresentation
of spiritual knowledge, and one who follows this philosophy is doomed to remain
perpetually in this material world. Therefore they are called avisuddha-buddhayah,
or unclean in knowledge. Because they are unclean in knowledge, all their austerities
and penances end in frustration. Thus although they may be honored at first as very
learned scholars, ultimately they descend to physical activities of politics, social
work, etc. Instead of becoming one with the Supreme Lord, they again become one
with these material activities. This is explained by Srimad-Bhagavatam:

aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah
patanty adho ’'nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah
(Bhag. 10.2.32)

In actuality the Mayavadi philosophers very strictly follow the austerities and
penances of spiritual life and in this way are elevated to the impersonal Brahman
platform, but due to their negligence of the lotus feet of the Lord they again fall
down to material existence.

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HSS Sian aicn frge-aceraa |
Fagpiarnl cia aif Sata Bra sso i
