Vedanta Sutra

Then, in the meeting... Caitanya Mahaprabhu was beautiful, very beautiful in His bodily feature. So... It is summary I am speaking. So the Prakasananda Sarasvati inquired from Him that "You are a sannyasi. You do not engage Yourself in studying Vedanta-sūtra, but in sentiment, with some foolish devotees, You some chant and dance. What is this?" So Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "My dear sir, My Guru Maharaja saw Me a great fool number one." Guru more mūrkha dekhi' karila sasana . "Therefore he has chastised Me." "What is that?" " 'You don't read Vedanta-sūtra. You chant Hare Krsna mantra.' He has ordered Me like that. Because I am a fool, I have no knowledge; therefore he has given Me this engagement, chanting Hare Krsna. So I am chanting this Hare Krsna mantra, and I do not know. I become mad after chanting. And I get..., I feel transcendental pleasure. And sometimes I act like a madman. So My Guru Maharaja has said that 'You are very fortunate. You are very fortunate.' " Then Prakasananda Sarasvati very mildly said, "It is all right, You are chanting. What is the wrong if You study Vedanta-sūtra?" Then Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that "Vedanta-sūtra We know, but not like you. We know. If you don't mind, then I can explain Vedanta-sūtra." So He explained Vedanta-sūtra that Brahman, Brahman means "the biggest." So Brahman is saḍ-aisvarya-pūrna, biggest, means He's full of all opulences. That is biggest. He's the richest. He's the wisest. He's the most beautiful. He's most famous. And... In this way He explained that Brahman, the biggest, He cannot be impersonal. He's personal. He gave many instances from Vedic literature. In this way, He convinced that "The way you study Vedanta-sūtra, that is not the proper way. Vedanta-sūtra means to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna."    (More...)