is direct association with Krishna

Just like these Mayavadis, they cannot understand that this chanting of Hare Krsna name is actually getting direct association with Krsna. Therefore Prakasananda Sarasvati, in Benares, he considered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as a crazy fellow. Crazy fellow. Why? Now, because He was sannyasi, and He was not reading Vedanta-sutra. He was simply chanting and dancing. So some devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu very much praised Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at the..., in the presence of Prakasananda Sarasvati, and Prakasananda Sarasvati became very angry, "Ah, don't talk of this rascal sannyasi. He is a sannyasi, He does not read Vedanta-sutra, and in sentimental moods He chants and dances. Don't talk about Him. Better don't go there." So that devotee became very sorry, and he arranged a meeting between this Mayavadi sannyasi and Caitanya Mahaprabhu.    (More...)