08/06/2026
SEEING WITH THE EARS:
āSo therefore real eyesāthe ear, not these eyes. Real eyes. That is real seeing. Therefore ÅÄstra says, Vedic knowledge, that ÅÄstra-cakį¹£uį¹£Ät, paÅyati jƱÄna-cakį¹£uį¹£Ät: "One can see by the eyes of knowledge," not by these blunt eyes. This is useless. They cannot see. And how you can see through the Åabda? ÅÄstra means Åabda. Through the ear... My Guru MahÄrÄja used to say, "Don't try to see a saintly person by your eyes. You see a saintly person by the ear."
Source: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda
Lecture on SB 6.1.42 -- Los Angeles, June 8, 1976
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