Prabhupāda alone brought bhakti philosophy West, displacing the impersonalist Māyāvādī dominance that had reigned unchallenged.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhavānanda: Actually, I think you're the only one on the whole planet who is not Māyāvādī—Māyāvādī or influenced by Māyāvādī philosophy. Actually, until you came to the West, the only philosophy that had come to America from India was Māyāvādī philosophy. No one knew anything else. [break] [end]