Advaita-tattva

 

The Truth About Advaita Prabhu

 

6.1

maha-visnur jagat-karta

mayaya yah srjaty adah

tasyavatara evayam

advaitacarya-isvarah

 

            Lord Advaita Acarya is the incarnation of Maha-Visnu, whose main func-

tion is to create the cosmic world through the actions of maya. (Cc. Adi 6.4)

 

6.2

advaitam harinadvaitad

acaryam bhakti-samsanat

bhaktavataram isam tam

advaitacaryam asraye

 

            Because He is nondifferent from Hari, He is called Advaita, and be-

cause He propagates the cult of devotion, He is called Acarya. He is the

Lord and the incarnation of the Lord's devotee. Therefore I take shelter of

Him. (Cc. Adi 1.13)

 

Mahavisnu is the Efficient Cause and

Advaita is the Material Cause of Mundane Creation

 

6.3

apane purusa visvera 'nimitta'-karana

advaita-rupe 'upadana' hana narayana

'nimittamse' kare teoho mayate iksana

'upadana' advaita karena brahmanda-srjana

 

            Lord Visnu is the efficient cause (nimitta) of the material world, and

Narayana, in the form of Sri Advaita, is the material cause (upadana). Lord

Visnu, in His efficient aspect glances over the material energy, and Sri

as the material cause, creates the material world. (Cc. Adi 6.16,17)

 

Advaita is Sadasiva

 

6.4

bhaktavatara acaryo 'dvaita yah sri sadasivah

 

            He who was Sri Sadasiva is the bhakta-avatara, Sri Advaita Prabhu.

(Gaura-Ganoddesadipika, 11)

 

The Meaning of the Name Advaita

 

6.5

maha-visnura amsa advaita guna-dhama

isvare abheda, teni 'advaita' purna nama

 

            Sri Advaita, who is the reservoir of virtues, is the main limb of

Mahavisnu. His full name is Advaita, for He is identical in all respects

the Lord. (Cc. Adi 6.26)

 

Advaita Acarya is a Preacher of Krsna-bhakti

 

6.6

jiva nistarila krsna-bhakti kari' dana

gita-bhagavate kaila bhaktira vyakhyana

 

            He delivered all living beings by offering the gift of krsna-bhakti. He

explained Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-bhagavatam in the light of devotional

service. (Cc. Adi 6.28)

 

He is the Avatara of Mahavisnu and a Devotee of Lord Caitanya

 

6.7

advaita-acarya-gosani saksat isvara

prabhu guru kari' mane, tinho ta' kinkara

 

            Lord Advaita Acarya is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Although Lord Caitanya accepts Him as His preceptor, Advaita Acarya is a

servant of the Lord. (Cc. Adi. 5.147)

 

 

Advaita and Nityananda are Servants of Lord Caitanya

 

6.8

eka mahaprabhu, ara prabhu duijana

dui prabhu sebe mahaprabhura carana

           

            There is one "Mahaprabhu" and two prabhus. The two prabhus serve

the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu. (Cc. Adi 7.14)

 

Two Branches Among the Followers of Advaita

 

6.9

advaitanghry-abja-bhrogams tan sarasara-bhrto 'khilan

hitva 'saran sara-bhrto naumi caitanya jivanan

 

            The followers of Sri Advaita were of two kinds. Some were real followers

(saragrahi) and the others were false (asaragrahi). Rejecting the false

followers, I offer my respectful obeisances to the real followers of Sri Advaita

Acarya, whose life and soul was Caitanya Mahaprabhu. (Cc. Adi 12.1)

 

The Saragrahi Followers of Advaita are Devotees of Gauranga

 

6.10

prathame ta' eka-mata acaryera gana

pache dui-mata haila daivera karana

keha ta' acarya ajnaya, keha ta' svatantra

sva-mata kalpana kare daiva-paratantra

acaryera mata yei, sei mata sara

tanra ajna langhi' cale, sei ta' asara

 

            At first all the followers of Advaita Acarya shared a single opinion, but

later they followed two opinions as ordained by providence. Some of the

disciples strictly accepted the orders of the acarya, and others deviated, in-

dependently concocting their own opinions under the spell of daivi-maya.

The opinion of the acarya is essential. Anyone who disregards his order is

useless (asara-grahi). (Cc. Adi. 12.8-10).

 

The Useless Followers of Advaita Acarya Were cut off

From Gauranga's Mercy

 

6.11

ihara madhye mali pache kona sakha-gana

na mane caitanya-mali durdaiva karana

srjaila, jiyaila, tanre na manila

krtaghna ha-ila, tanre skandha kruddha ha-ila

kruddha hana skandha tare jala na sancare

jalabhave krsa sakha sukaiya mare

 

            After the disappearance of Lord Caitanya, the gardener of the tree of

love of Godhead, some of the sub-branches of the Advaita branch, for un-

fortunate reasons, deviated from His path. Some branches did not accept

the trunk that vitalized and maintained the entire tree When they thus be-

came ungrateful, the trunk was angry at them. Thus Lord Caitanya did not

sprinkle upon them the water of His mercy, and they gradually withered and

died. (Cc. Adi 12.67-69)

 

Thus ends the Sixth Jewel of Gaudiya Kanthahara, entitled Advaita-tattva.