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Prabhupāda:

[Cc Madhya 20.353]

We should always think that we are in the modes of ignorance. We are just trying to make progress from …

Lord Caitanya says, āmā-sabā jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā 'jñāna'. So therefore, for real knowledge, we have to consult the scriptures, śāstra. …

[Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12]

Śrotriyam, śrotriyam means one who has accepted the Vedic literature, the śāstra, scripture, as the guidance. He can be... Not …

So Lord Caitanya advises... Sanātana Gosvāmī's enquiry is how to know that he..., here is a avatāra. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu …

So, so far incarnation is concerned, here Lord Caitanya says that we have to see through the śāstra whether a …

[Cc Madhya 20.354]

This is another significance of incarnation. Incarnation never says that "I am incarnation of God." I have read one book …

So here Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, avatāra nāhi kahe-'āmi avatāra'. Actually who is avatāra, incarnation, he'll never say that "I am …

So these things to be analyze, whether He is actually avatāra. Now, even there are characteristics, somebody does not accept …

Because Lord Caitanya described here that in this Kali-yuga the avatāra, His symptoms are like this:

[SB 11.5.32]

He is in the category of Kṛṣṇa; by His complexion, He's non-black. Akṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam. And He's always followed by …

So accept or no accept, His work, His activities, His characterize..., characteristics will be known because God will be known. …

But later on, after Śaṅkarācārya's drive against Buddhism, Buddha-ism... Śaṅkarācārya wanted to establish the difference of Buddha-ism and Hinduism is …

Vedānta philosophy, there are different parties in India. The Māyā... Generally, two parties: the Māyāvāda philosophers and the Vaiṣṇava philosophers, …

This is little difference, and they stick to their position and they fight. Fight means by philosophical arguments. That is …

But both of them belong to the sanātana Hindu dharma, because both of them will talk on the Vedānta philosophy. …