The Conversations With Prakasananda 171

a man for understanding the value of the transcendental vibration. Such persons
who are entangled in academic knowledge are conditioned souls who are con-
fused about the facts of I and My understanding. As such, they are unable to
detach their minds from the external energy.

When a person actually attains transcendental knowledge, he becomes
free from this duality and becomes engaged in transcendental loving service
of the Supreme Lord. The transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord
is the only means for being detached from material activities. A person properly
initiated by a bona fide Spiritual Master, and engaged in chanting Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare]/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama,
Hare Hare, gradually becomes freed from the conception of I and Mine, and
therefore becomes attached to the transcendental loving service, in one of the
five different transcendental relationships. Such transcendental service is not
subject matter for the gross and subtle bodies. When, however, one can
understand that there is no difference between the Supreme and His Name,
at that time only can he be situated in Krishna Consciousness. At that time he
has no longer any necessity for grammatical adjustment of the language.
Rather, he becomes more interested in the subject matter of the address:
Hare Krishna—O my Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your
service !

Lord Chaitanya explained all this to Prakasananda Saraswati and told him
that He had heard it from His Spiritual Master in these words. He informed
Prakasananda Saraswati that His Spiritual Master had taught Him that the
actual commentary on the Vedanta Sutra is Srimad Bhagwatam, as it is stated
in the Srimad Bhagwatam by Vyasadeva, the Author of Vedanta Sutra.

The perfection of a student is to understand the identity of the Holy Name
and the Supreme Lord. And, without being under the shelter of such a realized
Spiritual Master, one’s understanding of the Supreme is simply foolishness.
One can, however, fully understand the transcendental by service and devo-
tion. When Lord Chaitanya uttered Krishna without any offense, or when He
offenselessly chanted the Krishna Mantra, or Maha Mantra, He declared that
it can at once deliver a conditioned soul from the material contamination. In
this Age of Kali there is no other alternative to chanting this Maha Mantra.
It is stated that the essence of all Vedic literature is to chant this Holy Name of
Krishna: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama,
Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. He also said to Prakasananda Saraswati
that, in order to convince Me about this essential fact of Vedic knowledge,
he has taught Me a verse from Brihad Naradiya Puranam:
