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dental to the service of the limited, he cannot be a person with Vedanta knowle-
dge.

So long as one is in the limited jurisdiction of fruitive activities, or involved
in mental speculation, he is perhaps eligible for studying or instructing on the
theoretical knowledge of Vedanta Sutra, but he cannot be on the platform of
understanding the Supreme, Eternal, transcendental (completely liberated)
vibration of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare] Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In other words, anyone who has
achieved his perfection in chanting the transcendental vibration Hare Krishna
does not have to learn separately the philosophy of Vedanta Sutra.

Persons who are not eligible by thorough understanding of the trans-
cendental vibration as nondifferent from the Supreme, and who try to become
Mayavadi philosophers and expert in Vedanta Sutra, are all fools according to
the teaching of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, or the bona fide Spiritual Master.
To study Vedanta Sutra by the ascending process is another sign of foolishness.
On the other hand, he who has attained the taste for chanting the transcendental
vibration is actually situated at the conclusion of Vedanta. In this connection
there are two verses of Srimad Bhagwatam which are very instructive: The
purport of the first is that, even if a person is born in the family of the lowest
of human beings, but is engaged in chanting the transcendental vibration, then
it is to be understood that he has already performed all kinds of renunciation
and austerities, and has performed all kinds of sacrifices, and has studied all
the Brahma Sutras—so that he is now able to chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare|Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
The purport of the second verse is that a person who is chanting the two syl-
lables Ha-re (ray) must be considered as having studied all the Vedas: the Rig
Veda, Atharva Veda, Yaju Veda and Sama Veda.

On the other hand, there are many so-called devotees who think that
Vedanta is meant for a particular class of men, and is not meant for the devo-
tees. They do not know that Vedanta is the only plaform of pure devotees.
All the great Acharyas of the four Sampradayas of the Vaishnava sect have
made their commentaries on the Vedanta Sutra, but the so-called devotee class,
who are known as Prakrita Sahajia, carefully avoid the study of Vedanta Sutra.
The Prakrita Sahajia misunderstand the pure devotees and Vaishnav Acharyas
as being mental speculators or fruitive actors. As a result of such a conclusion,
they themselves become Mayavadis, and leave the service of the Supreme
Lord.

Understanding the Vedanta Sutra by academic knowledge never qualifies
