Is it All One? “Whoever Describes Vedic Knowledge as Impersonal is a Demon”

In The Journey Home, Radhanatha Swami’s joyous sojourn into the oneness of compromise takes him to dozens of celebrity Mayavadi so-called “gurus.” Though a few are somewhat pious, others are crooked, corrupt and despicable. Nonetheless, they all get painted with the same brush strokes because, after all, “it’s all one,” isn’t it?

Therefore it is no coincidence that each of these Mayavadis has “realized” that everything in the Universe is one. No, there is no difference whatsoever. What you see outside your window is a big illusion—and come nightfall when everything is submerged into the oneness of darkness, you’ll see the truth (at least till the sun rises tomorrow).

For a seeker, therefore, what is the need for continued guru-hopping? Since all is one, it would be just as logical to approach for initiation Mukesh the panwalla or Ahmed the dhobi, and consider either one to be a representative of the one immortal and dazzling ball of light from which everything has mysteriously appeared—and then just leave it at that. Strangely enough, even though each of these gurus have realized that “it is all one” they are still very possessive of their own ashrams, their supposedly worshipful positions and their disciples—not to mention their bank accounts.

In his Bhaktivedanta Purport to Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita of Shrila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami (Madhya-lila 17.104), His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains:

“Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī used to explain impersonalism, the Absolute Truth, as being without hands, legs, mouths or eyes. In this way he used to cheat the people by denying the personal form of the Lord. Such a foolish person was Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, whose only business was to sever the limbs of the Lord by proving the Lord impersonal. Although the Lord has form, Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī was attempting to cut off the hands and legs of the Lord. This is the business of demons. The Vedas state that people who do not accept the Lord's form are rascals. The form of the Lord is factual, for Kṛṣṇa states in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15): vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ. When Kṛṣṇa says aham, He says ‘I am,’ which means ‘I, the person. He adds the word eva, which is used for conclusive verification. It is by Vedānta philosophy that one has to know the Supreme Person. Whoever describes Vedic knowledge as impersonal is a demon. One becomes successful in life by worshiping the form of the Lord. The Māyāvādī sannyāsīs deny the form of the Lord, which delivers all fallen souls. Indeed, this form is cut to pieces by Māyāvādī demons.

“The Personality of Godhead is worshiped by exalted demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. The original Māyāvādī sannyāsī, Śaṅkarācārya, also accepted the fact that the Lord's form is transcendental. Nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyaktāt: ‘Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the avyakta, the unmanifested material energy.’ Avyaktād aṇḍa-sambhavaḥ: ‘This material world is a creation of that unmanifested material energy.’ However, Nārāyaṇa has His own eternal form, which is not created by material energy. Simply by worshiping the form of the Lord, one is purified. However, Māyāvādī sannyāsīs are impersonalist philosophers, and they describe the form of the Lord as māyā, or false. How can one be purified by worshiping something false? Māyāvādī philosophers have no sufficient reason for being impersonalists. They blindly follow a principle that cannot be supported by reason or argument. This was the situation with Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, the chief Māyāvādī sannyāsī of Benares. He was supposed to teach Vedānta philosophy, but he would not accept the form of the Lord; therefore he was attacked with leprosy. Nonetheless, he continued to commit sins by describing the Absolute Truth as impersonal. The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, always displays pastimes and activities, but Māyāvādī sannyāsīs claim that these activities are false.”

From this description we can understand that whoever promotes The Journey Home along with foolish Mayavadi cheats who try to “sever the limbs of the Lord by proving the Lord impersonal” are also complicit. Those who participate in the crime of denying form to Shri Krishna the all-beautiful and all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be exempt from their crime despite their infectious toothy grins and interfaith dialogue.

Criminals promote other criminals, and sometimes such Mayavadis even become leaders within so-called Vaishnava sangas due to flattery or bribery, or merely due to a lack of courage on the part of other supposed leaders when they simply play along by “going with the flow.”. Time is quickly running out for such impersonalistic players, however, and Lord Shri Krishna is carefully watching the skullduggery of those who pretend to serve Him for their own sense gratification. There is no escape other than confessing one’s sins and completely reforming your crooked mentality. Still Krishna is so kind that He allows sinful demons—even those who are dressed as Vaishnavas—to confess their sins and renounce their affiliations with Mayavada literature like The Journey Home. But the clock is ticking and this change of heart must come before the killer of the soul draws his final breath.

“Success of our activities is when we have absorption in God” –Radhanath Swami

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