PLATE EIGHT

“For seven days continuously, Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu listened to the Vedanta philosophy ex-
pounded by Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. However,
Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not say anything and did not
indicate whether it was right or wrong. He simply sat
there and listened to the Bhattacarya. On the eighth
day, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya said to Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu: ‘You have been listening to the Vedanta
philosophy from me continuously for seven days. You
have simply been listening, fixed in Your silence. Since
You do not say whether You think it is right or wrong, |
cannot know whether You are actually understanding
Vedanta philosophy or not.” (pp.258-259)
