What is the difference between Mayavada philosophy and Vaisnava philosophy?

 What is the difference between Mayavada philosophy and Vaisnava philosophy?

SRILA PRABHUPADA SAYS:

“The Mayavadi philosophers say that because the energies are not outside of  Brahman, the energetic, they are all identical with Brahman. This is monism. 

Our Vaisnava philosophy is that the energy is simultaneously one with and different from the energetic. Again the analogy of the heat and fire: When you perceive heat, you understand that there is fire nearby. But this does not mean that because you feel some heat, you are in the fire. So the heat and the fire, the energy and the energetic, are one yet different. 

So the Mayavada philosophy of oneness and our Vaisnava philosophy of oneness are different. The Maya-vadis say Brahman is real but that the energy emanating from Brahman is false. We say that because Brahman is real, His energy must also be real. That is the difference between Mayavada philosophy and Vaisnava philosophy. 

One cannot claim that this material energy is false, although it is certainly temporary. Suppose we have some trouble. There are so many kinds of trouble pertaining to the body and mind and external affairs. That trouble comes and goes, but when we are undergoing it, it is certainly real. We feel the consequence. We cannot say it is false. 

The Mayavadi philosophers say that it is  false.  But then why do they become so disturbed when they have some trouble? 

No,  None of Krsna's energies is false!”

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