Give up the effort to know — live on what you hear from the lips of the sādhus
jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva"Setting aside the endeavour for knowledge, simply bowing down" (SB 10.14.3 = CC Madhya 8.67)
Give up the effort to know — live on what you hear from the lips of the sādhus
jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva
"Setting aside the endeavour for knowledge, simply bowing down" (SB 10.14.3 = CC Madhya 8.67)
Listen to Gurudev
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"They give up the effort to get knowledge and they are always bowing down to the flow of hari-kathā coming from the lips of Your pure sādhus. They dedicate their lives to hearing Your pastimes, even though they may stay in their established social order."
The fifth answer is bhakti free from the effort to know. Rāmānanda offers Brahmā's prayer: those who set aside the attempt to dig knowledge out and simply bow down live on the narrations flowing from the lips of pure sādhus. Gurudeva takes the verse word by word: with the body they sit up straight, hands folded; with words they answer "sādhu, sādhu"; with the mind they think, this is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. And he adds: no change of outer position is required — stay where you are, but stay where the sādhus are. A closed book lies beside you and your eyes are lowered: the effort of knowing is set down, the hearing is open.