12 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya

Spiritual Master. That is the system. If you want to know that which is incon-
ceivable, you must accept the disciplic succession. Because the knowledge is
coming down from the Supreme, down, down, down—it is perfect. Suppose
a hundred generations before, there was something confidential that your
forefather told his son, which has finally been passed down to you. Although
you are not in touch with the direct personality, yet because it is coming
through disciplic succession, the same truth is expressed.

How was Brahma informed of this sort of knowledge? That is also stated
in the Srimad Bhagwatam: The original learned scholar is Brahma; and Krishna,
the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, impressed trans-
cendental knowledge into the heart of Brahma. By the heart. So two processes
of knowledge exist: One process depends upon the Supreme Personality of
Godhead as the Supersoul seated within you. He informs you. And He also
expands Himself as the Spiritual Master. The Guru also informs you.

So in both ways, from within and from without, the information is trans-
mitted. We simply have to receive it. If we receive knowledge in this way,
it doesn’t matter that it is inconceivable. In the Bhagwatam, you will find
much information about the Vaikuntha planetary systems, which are beyond
the material Universe. Just as with Chaitanya Charitamrita, the knowledge
is there, and you simply have to take it. But you have to receive it by the
Parampara system. You cannot approach the Truth, which is inconceivable
to your experimental knowledge. It is not possible. We want to know every-
thing by experimental knowledge. That is foolishness. It is not possible.
According to the Vedic way, sound is evidence. Sound is very important in
Vedic understanding. Sound is evidence, if the sound is pure. In the material
world, also, you understand things thousands of miles away simply by sound
vibration. As soon as you call by telephone or radio, there is sound. In San
Francisco, 3000 miles away, as soon as you receive the sound—“Mr. Such-
and-Such speaking”—you understand. The evidence is sound. Where is the
informant, is he standing there before you? No—but as soon as you hear the
sound you know. Sound is the most authoritative evidence. These things are
received by sound vibration.

We have the information that beyond this cosmic manifestation there
are the very extensive Vaikunthas. This material manifestation is only one-
fourth of the manifestation. There is not only this Universe, but there are
innumerable Universes. Just as there are innumerable planets within this
Universe, so this is only one Cosmos; there are innumerable Universes, and,
all combined together they are one-fourth of the manifestation of the Crea-
