750222b Lecture - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Caracas
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "First of all, we have to hear about God from authorized persons. Then kīrtanam. Kīrtanam means glorifying the activities of God. Then there are other. These two items are very important, and there are other items also. Smaraṇam—smaraṇam means meditation. Vandanam means offering prayer. So smaraṇaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyam arcanam. Arcanam, just the Deity worship. There are other items also. In this way there are nine items. So if one is interested to understand God, then he must take all these items, or some of them, or at least one of them.
So the most important item is śravaṇam, or hearing. If you do not do anything else, if you simply, sincerely hear about God, then gradually you will be God conscious. That is also true in the material science. The students go to the school, college, and hear from the professor, and gradually he becomes learned in that subject matter. Especially in this age, śravaṇam, or hearing, is very, very important." |
| 750222 - Lecture Initiation - Caracas |