Hearing about the Lord and his instructions is a spiritual activity. We benefit to the degree we hear seriously. Hearing seriously doesn’t mean just to sit through a discourse with a serious expression on one’s face. Any professional actor could do that. Real hearing means to apply in our lives whatever we hear – to the best of our abilities & without ulterior motives. To the extent we hear in this mood, to that extent we progress in spiritual life. Without this mood, even years and years of hearing discourses won’t take us far in our spiritual journey.
Let’s chant the Holy Names sincerely, let’s serve the Lord sincerely – then we can say that we have also heard sincerely. This is how we’ll measure our seriousness about spiritual life.
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Real hearing means to apply in our lives whatever we hear – to the best of our abilities & without ulterior motives.Wonderful explained by his H H Radhanath swami.
ReplyDelete"Real hearing means to apply in our lives whatever we hear – to the best of our abilities & without ulterior motives." Such a practical statement by Radhanath Swami
ReplyDeleteHearing is the sense emanating from the subtlest of our senses... no doubt it has the most profound effect. Radhanath Swami puts across this thought wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteRadhanath Swami focuses on a powerful sense organ and an easy way to control it.
ReplyDeleteRadhanath Swami is telling us the importance of hearing attentively and practicing sincerely. Otherwise we will be like any other person going to innumerable discourses but without any change in heart.
ReplyDeleteThats so true else we are not serious about our spiritual life.
ReplyDeleteThank you Radhanath Swami for stating such a simple explanation of Real hearing.
ReplyDeleteRadhananath Swami is so wonderfully revealing the secret to advance in spiritual life - to be serious and try to follow what we hear
ReplyDeleteIf we do not apply the spiritual principles in our daily lives even after hearing religious discourses over & over again, then it would simply amount to duplicity. That seems to be the import of Radhanath Swami's message.
ReplyDeletewow! Thank you Radhanath Swami for sharing and explaining the mood in which we should hear and apply what is heard. Any actor could do the otherwise.
ReplyDeletewhen is Hearing spiritual? What is NOT hearing? What is real Hearing? What is benefit of hearing? what is impediment to hearing? what is result of hearing? - All explained so brilliantly by Radhanath Swami
ReplyDeleteRadhanath swami has wonderfully described what real hearing is.
ReplyDeleteTo put into practice very sincerely what we hear is the true purport of seriousness. A fine point indeed by Radhanath Maharaj
ReplyDeleteHearing without applying it in our lives is just another inconsequential activity.
ReplyDeleteRadhanath Swami is again emphasizing the right mood for hearing, which brings about transformation in a person's life.
ReplyDeleteApplication is where the challenge lies. We seriously need association of devotees to make it happen.
ReplyDeleteAs in all aspects of life, practice is more important than theory.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Radhanath Swami for showing us the importance of hearing while chanting the Holy Name everyday. We should strive for living by the principle he has put here.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this. It si wonderful hearing means application without ulterior motives. Thank you
ReplyDeleteTrue hearing is to implement what we have heard from a bonafide spiritualist is what Radhanath Swami so nicely explains herein
ReplyDeleteNever before I realized that implication also forms a part of hearing. Just hearing and hearing and hearing won't benefit until and unless we try to apply in out lives whatever we hear.
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