How to Hear and Listen
Gokularanajana Dasa: With Prabhupada's permission, Jaya sachinandana Prabhu sang a bhajan for Prabhupada while Prabhupada waited for his flight. He sang one of the classic ones that Prabhupada also had sung and Jaya sachinandana made every intonation, every syllable just the way Prabhupada had done it. Prabhupada closed his eyes and every now and then he'd look over at Jaya sachinandana. When the song was finished, Prabhupada leaned over and said, "You listen very well" which I thought was interesting. He didn't say, "You chant very well" he said, "You listen very well." Prabhupada said that the qualification his spiritual master had noted in him was that, "You actually know how to hear and listen."
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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