contradictions / faults

The Mayavadi philosophers are perplexed before a learned Vaishnava philosopher because the Mayavadi cannot explain the cause of bondage of the living entities. They simply say: "It is out of ignorance," but they cannot explain why the Supreme is covered by this ignorance. The actual solution is that the living entities, although qualitatively one with the Supreme are infinitesimal, and are not infinite. Had they been infinite there would not have been any possibility of being covered by ignorance. But, because the living entities are infinitesimal, they are covered by another, an inferior, energy. We can see their foolishness and ignorance when they try to explain that the infinite is covered by ignorance. It is an offensive attempt to qualify the infinite as subject to the spell of ignorance.    (More...)

Thus Lord Chaitanya showed many defects in the Mayavadi philosophy, and although Bhattacharya wanted to establish himself with various juggleries of words and logic, Lord Chaitanya was able to maintain Himself from such attacks, and He established that the Vedic literature is meant for three things: to understand our relationship with the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, to act according to that understanding, and at the end to achieve the highest perfection of life, love of Godhead. Anybody who wants to prove something other than the above-mentioned three purposes must be the victim of his own imagination.    (More...)