Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied (to Prakasananda Sarasvati) that, "Sir, if I reply your question candidly, please do not be sorry." "No, I am not sorry. We are prepared." - Because My Guru Maharaja saw Me, I am the greatest fool

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"Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied that," |"Sir, if I reply your question candidly, please do not be sorry." |"No, I am not sorry. We are prepared." |"Because My Guru Mahārāja saw Me, I am the greatest fool"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was inquired by Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, "Sir, I learned that in Your previous life . . ." He was a learned scholar. He was known as Nimāi Paṇḍita. "And You have taken sannyāsa. So instead of reading Sāṅkhya philosophy and Vedānta-sūtra, You are simply chanting and dancing with some fanatics. What is this?" This was the question. Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied that, "Sir, if I reply your question candidly, please do not be sorry." "No, I am not sorry. We are prepared." "Because My Guru Mahārāja saw Me, I am the greatest fool." Guru more mūrkha dekhi, karila vedanta nāhi tava adhikāra (CC Adi 7.71). He became a fool. The purpose was that at the the present moment they are simply fools and rascals. What they will understand about Vedānta?

750918 - Lecture SB 06.02.15 - Vrndavana

When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was questioned by Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī at Benares, follower of Śaṅkara philosophy, that . . . there was meeting between Caitanya Mahāprabhu . . . Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not like to meet the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs. He used to live alone. But sometimes these Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, they were criticizing Him that, "This Bengali sannyāsī comes from Bengal, and He does not indulge in reading Brahma-sutra or Vedānta-sūtra. He dances and chants with some ecstatic people. What kind of sannyāsī He is? A sannyāsī is meant for studying Vedānta-sūtra, Sāṅkhya philosophy." Some of them were very learned scholars. There's no doubt about it. But when Caitanya Mahāprabhu was inquired by Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, "Sir, I learned that in Your previous life . . ." He was a learned scholar. He was known as Nimāi Paṇḍita. "And You have taken sannyāsa. So instead of reading Sāṅkhya philosophy and Vedānta-sūtra, You are simply chanting and dancing with some fanatics. What is this?" This was the question. Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied that, "Sir, if I reply your question candidly, please do not be sorry." "No, I am not sorry. We are prepared." "Because My Guru Mahārāja saw Me, I am the greatest fool." Guru more mūrkha dekhi, karila vedanta nāhi tava adhikāra (CC Adi 7.71). He became a fool. The purpose was that at the the present moment they are simply fools and rascals. What they will understand about Vedānta? Therefore the śāstric injunction is harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam.