Category:Constantly Hearing about God
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that śravaṇam, or hearing about the Supreme Lord, is the first and most important step in developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The quotes in this category illustrate that constantly hearing about God is the potent method to cleanse the heart of material contamination.
- The Universal Panacea: Constant hearing is described as the cure for all material miseries. It checks the force of anger and allows one to transcend the bodily conception.
- Watering the Seed: Using the analogy of a gardener, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that hearing acts as the water that nourishes the seed of the creeper of devotion (bhakti-latā). Without this constant watering, the plant of devotion cannot grow.
- The Perfection of Life: Great kings like Pṛthu and Parīkṣit concluded that simply hearing the glories of the Lord constantly is the highest perfection. It is preferred over liberation or mystic powers.
- Transformational Power: Even those attached to impersonal liberation give up that desire upon constantly hearing the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in the association of pure devotees.
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Pages in category "Constantly Hearing about God"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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- By constant hearing of the holy name, their (persons who have no intelligence or no faith in the subject matter) hearts will be purified, and then they will be able to understand the transcendental position of the holy name
- By constantly chanting and hearing the holy names and pastimes of the Supreme Lord, one certainly becomes purified and becomes a fit candidate for liberation
- By the constant hearing of the messages of the Bhagavad-gita, and later of Srimad-Bhagavatam, one is assured herein by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami that he will reach the Personality of Godhead
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- In the association of pure devotees, by constantly hearing such topics respectfully, even a person who wants to merge into the existence of the Absolute Truth abandons this idea and gradually becomes attached to the service of Vasudeva
- In this way (by constantly engaging in hearing about Krsna), a devotee naturally develops his dormant transcendental knowledge. BG 1972 purports
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- Santah, saintly persons, or mahatma, they develop by hearing about God constantly. They develop love of God. That is the aim of life. That is the real purpose of human life
- Smrtya. This remembrance of the Lord can be continued if we hear about Him constantly. It is recommended in this verse (SB 4.22.24): mukundacaritagrya-sidhuna. Sidhu means "nectar
- Srila Pariksit Maharaja said that the constant hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is the panacea for all material diseases
- Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: O best of devotees, most fortunate Pariksit, you have inquired very nicely, for although constantly hearing the pastimes of the Lord (Krsna), you are perceiving His activities to be newer and newer - SB 10.13.1
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- The constant hearing and chanting of the glories of the Lord is recommended in Bhagavad-gita: satatam kirtayanto mam yatantas ca drdha-vratah - BG 9.14
- The cultivation of Krsna consciousness is possible where great devotees live together and constantly engage in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord
- The devotee, acting as a gardener, goes on pouring the water (on the seed of taste for devotional service to God) of constant hearing and chanting
- The words srutena bhuyasa, "by constantly hearing," are very important in this verse. By constantly hearing about devotional service, one can check the force of anger, which is detrimental to the process of devotional service