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  • māyātīta haile haya āmāra anubhava |
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.118)

    [Bhagavān:] “[Only] When one is beyond māyā, experience of me occurs.”

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  • śāstrera siddhānta ei vijñera anubhava |
    mūḍha-loka nāhi jāne bhāvera vaibhava ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.6.104)

    “This is the śāstra’s siddhānta and the experience of the wise. Ignorant people do not understand the greatness of bhāva.”

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  • mahad-anubhava yāte sudṛḍha-pramāṇa |
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.6.53)

    “… Since the perception of the great is the strongest means of knowing (pramāṇa).”

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  • tāre kahe—kene kara kutarkānumāna? |
    śāstra-viruddhārtha kabhu nā haya pramāṇa ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.73)

    “To that, it is said, ‘Why do you make an inference based on fallacious reasoning? A meaning that is contrary to śāstra is never authentic [i.e., a valid means of knowing the object of knowledge].”

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  • pitṛ-deva-manuṣyāṇāṁ vedaś cakṣus taveśvara |
    śreyas tv anupalabdhe’rthe sādhya-sādhanayor api ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.20.4; cited in Tattva Sandarbha: 11)

    “O Lord, regarding an imperceptible object, as well as the goal and the means [pertaining to it], your Veda is the best eye for the forefathers, the devas, and human beings.”

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  • mānādhīnā meya-siddhir māna-siddhis tu lakṣaṇāt |
    (Cited in Mādhavācārya’s Jaiminīya-nyāya-mālā-vistara: 1.1.37)

    “Establishment of an object of knowledge (meya—prameya) is dependent on a [valid] means of knowing (māna—pramāṇa), and establishment of a means of knowing (māna—pramāṇa) is based on a defining characteristic (lakṣaṇa) [i.e., it is by perception of the defining characteristic(s) of an object that its can presence can be determined].”

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