Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
'Without seeing him at that opportune moment, we could have become a very great business magnate, but never would we have been able to walk the path of liberation and be engaged in the factual service of the Lord under instructions of His Divine Grace'.
SB 1.13.29 (Srila Prabhupada speaking about His spiritual master)
Philosophy means finding the ultimate cause. As Vedanta-sutra very reasonably says, athato brahma jijnasa: human life is meant for understanding the ultimate cause. Devotees accept that the ultimate cause is Kṛṣṇa because this conclusion is supported by all Vedic literature and also by Krsna Himself, who says, aham sarvasya prabhavaḥ: BG 10.8 "I am the source of everything." Devotees have no problem understanding the ultimate cause of everything, but nondevotees must face many opposing elements because everyone who wants to be a prominent philosopher invents his own way.
Srila Prabhupada, SB 6.4.31 purport
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