Dog sees with his nose
Jaya Gauranga: I had the opportunity to go on a morning walk with Srila Prabhupada to the beach. There were a lot of devotees and I was just an insignificant little devotee who couldn't get very close to Srila Prabhupada. As such, I couldn't hear what he was saying besides being slightly deaf. I kept jumping from one side to the other trying to grasp a word from Srila Prabhupada and Srila Prabhupada noticed my predicament.
During the class that same morning, Prabhupada talked about how a dog sees with his nose, people see with their eyes, but a devotee sees with his ears. He said hearing is so important as it is the beginning of devotional life. If we're asleep our eyes are closed and if someone comes to try to do some harm to us, our eyes will not help us. But our ears are always attentive. He said if someone comes to try to do some harm to us while we are asleep our ears will tell us, "Wake up, wake up". The entire time Prabhupada was talking about this, he kept looking at me. I felt Prabhupada was talking to me as if to say, "You should do something about your hearing." After that I tried to figure out how to get a hearing aid.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 4 by Siddhanta Dasa
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