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direct quotations or summaries of passages from the works of
the Gosv膩mins themselves. 9 For this reason, it is difficult
to say anything positive about the metaphysical outlook of
this great figure. It is worthy of note, however, that
there is evidence that, even though he was a Vaisnava by
birth and inclination, Caitanya may have had a sympathy for
Advaitic thinking that was not shared by his followers. A
detailed discussion of this question is here neither
10 possible nor appropriate. Nevertheless, it is worth
treating briefly, for it points to the possibility of a
continuing historical connection between bhakti and Advaita
in an area where such might appear unlikely.
Caitanya, it seems, had a great reverence for
艢ridhara Sv膩min, a samnyasin of the Advaitic Purt order who,
as we have seen, wrote the Bh膩v膩rthad墨pik膩, without question
the single most highly regarded commentary on the BP.
11 K峁涐梗峁嘺d膩sa Kaviraja describes a meeting between Caitanya and
the Vai峁ａ箛ava philosopher Vallabha (1481-1533), during which
the former soundly reprimanded the latter for his audacity
in composing the Subodhint, an independent commentary on the
pur膩na that was critical of the author of the Bh膩v膩rtha-
诲暮辫颈办腻:
You have the vanity to write your own commentary without
showing respect to Sridhara, and have even criticized
him! It is by the grace of Sridhara that I have
understood the Bh膩gavata. He is a world teacher; I
consider him to be my very own guru. Whatever you have
written out of pride against Sridhara is wasted effort;
no one will accept it. Give up your false pride and