Speculating to determine the souls whereabouts

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>From Srila Prabhupada on studying Caitanya Caratamrita:

 

"Since we belong to this chain of disciplic succession from Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, this edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta will contain nothing

newly manufactured by our tiny brains....Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu does not

belong to

the mundane plane of the three qualitative modes. He belongs to the

transcendental plane beyond the reach of the imperfect sense perception of a

living being. Even the most erudite mundane scholar cannot approach the

transcendental plane unless he submits himself to transcendental sound with

a receptive mood, for in that mood only can one realize the message of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu. What will be described herein, therefore, has nothing

to do with the experimental thoughts created by the speculative habits of

inert minds. The subject matter of this book is not a mental concoction but

a factual spiritual experience that one can realize only by accepting the

line of disciplic succession described above. Any deviation from that line

will bewilder the reader's understanding of the mystery of Sri

Caitanya-caritamrta, which is a transcendental literature....

This edition of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is presented for the study of

sincere scholars who are really seeking the Absolute Truth. It is not the

arrogant scholarship of a mental speculator but a sincere effort to serve

the order of a superior authority whose service is the life and soul of this

humble effort. It does not deviate even slightly from the revealed

scriptures, and therefore anyone who follows in the disciplic line will be

able to realize the essence of this book simply by the method of aural

reception." CC. Adi 1: