Because the Vaisnava-sampradaya does not give very much importance to Vedanta-sutra - because the explanation is there, they are reading actually Vedanta-sutra - people misunderstand that the Vedantist, followers of Vedanta, is the Sankara-sampradaya

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"because the Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya does not give very much importance to Vedānta-sūtra—because the explanation is there, they are reading actually Vedānta-sūtra—people misunderstand that the Vedāntist, followers of Vedānta, is the Śaṅkara-sampradāya"

Lectures

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is accepted by the Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya, especially by the sect of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the real explanation of Vedānta; therefore they do not give any other explanation of Vedānta than Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And because the Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya does not give very much importance to Vedānta-sūtra—because the explanation is there, they are reading actually Vedānta-sūtra—people misunderstand that the Vedāntist, followers of Vedānta, is the Śaṅkara-sampradāya, not this Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya.

670124 - Lecture CC Madhya 25.40-50 - San Francisco

People in general, they understand Vedāntist means Śaṅkara sampradāya. Because the devotee class, they do not give much importance to Vedānta. Because they read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is accepted by the Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya, especially by the sect of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the real explanation of Vedānta; therefore they do not give any other explanation of Vedānta than Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

And because the Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya does not give very much importance to Vedānta-sūtra—because the explanation is there, they are reading actually Vedānta-sūtra—people misunderstand that the Vedāntist, followers of Vedānta, is the Śaṅkara-sampradāya, not this Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya. That is their misunderstanding.