Guest guest Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 This human life is meant for learning how to engage our senses in the service of the Lord. That is the mission of human life. In other lives the senses are engaged for sense gratification. And in the human life, when we have got developed consciousness, at that time the senses are meant for being engaged in the service of the Lord. So ear is the most important sense because our spiritual enlightenment begins from this sense. Hearing. Na yat-karna-pathopetah. Karna-patha means aural reception. So one has to go to hear from the realized person, guru, spiritual master. That is the meaning. Sruti. Srotriyam brahma-nistham [MU 1.2.12]. One has to approach a spiritual master, srotriyam, who has also heard from a spiritual master. This... Our knowledge is by hearing, sruti. Therefore Vedas are called sruti. Sruti means this is not experimental knowledge. This knowledge is acquired by hearing, that's all. If you have got nice receptive power through the ear, then your life can be successful. You don't require to use any other sense. This one sense will make you correct. Therefore those who are not taking advantage of this facility of hearing... He may be a very big man in the estimation of persons who are like dogs, asses, camels, and such nice animals. You can say, "Oh, here is a big man, and... Mr. such and such, such a great politician, great scientist, great... So we must praise." But the Bhagavata says, "Whether he has given any aural reception about Krsna, that is the test." No. He has no knowledge about Krsna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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