Advaita Tattva - Srila Advaita Acarya's Appearance - 1st Feb 2001

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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 function 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 because 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 tenho 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

Advaita 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 with 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, independently

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 unfortunate

reasons, deviated from His path. Some branches did not accept the trunk that

vitalized and maintained the entire tree When they thus became 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.