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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.49
তর্কং-প্রধান বৌদ্ধশাস্ত্র ‘নব মতে’ ।
তর্কেই খণ্ডিল প্রভু, না পারে স্থাপিতে ॥ ৪৯ ॥
tarka-pradhāna bauddha-śāstra ‘nava mate’
tarkei khaṇḍila prabhu, nā pāre sthāpite
The scriptures of the Buddhist cult are chiefly based on argument and logic, and they contain nine chief principles. Because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu defeated the Buddhists in their argument, they could not establish their cult.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Buddhist scriptures are described as chiefly based on argument and logic, with nine chief principles. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu defeated their arguments, so they could not establish their path.
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura names Hīnāyāna and Mahāyāna as two ways of understanding Buddhist philosophy. The principles listed include an eternal creation without a creator, a false cosmic manifestation, “I am” as truth, and repeated birth and death.
The remaining principles present Lord Buddha as the only source of truth, nirvāṇa or annihilation as the ultimate goal, and Buddha’s philosophy as the only path. They also describe the Vedas as human compositions and advise pious activities and mercy to others.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Review the nine principles in the purport and identify which one states the ultimate goal.
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