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In this way Lord Caitanya condemned attempts at indirect interpretation of the Vedānta-sūtra, and all the sannyāsīs present were struck …

Being so requested, Lord Caitanya explained each and every aphorism of the Vedānta-sūtra according to the direct interpretation. He began …

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental to the material modes of nature, but He is fully qualified with transcendental …

The approved method for understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the path of devotional service, and this is …

In practice it is experienced that one who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not like to deviate to any other …

After Lord Caitanya explained the Vedānta-sūtra by directly interpreting the aphorisms, the chief disciple of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī stood up in …

“There is no alternative to devotional service for one who wants to attain liberation from the material clutches. Especially in …

“The Supreme Brahman cannot be accepted as impersonal, for if it is, then the six opulences belonging to the Supreme …

“The individual personality of the Supreme Absolute Truth is explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [3.9.3–4]: ‘O Supreme Lord, the transcendental form which …

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram

“‘Foolish persons mock Me when I appear in the form of a human being. They do not know the intrinsic …

tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān saṁsāreṣu narādhamān kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu

āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

“‘I place those who are envious of Me and My devotees into the most degraded species of life. Thus situated, …

“The doctrine of by-products, pariṇāma-vāda, is asserted from the very beginning of the Vedānta-sūtra, but Śaṅkarācārya has superficially tried to …

In this way the student of Prakāśānanda summarized the explanations of Lord Caitanya, and then he concluded: “We have given …

After thus explaining his position, the chief student of Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī began to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, …

“Thus it is Lord Caitanya who has given the direct meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra. No Vedic scripture should be used …

“In summary, it should be understood that all these materialistic philosophers have tried to avoid the Supreme Personality of Godhead …

“The impersonalist tries to explain that the Supreme Lord’s impersonal effulgence (the brahmajyoti) is beyond the material modes of nature, …