# Benefits of Hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā *The conditioned souls receive tremendous benefit from hearing the Vedic literature and the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.* ← Back to [[wiki/compile/preaching-is-the-essence|Preaching Is the Essence]] --- ## Kṛṣṇa Provides Vedic Literature Out of Compassion ### Out of compassion, Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature for liberation ![[cc/madhya/20/122#purport|The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas...As the śaktyāveśa-avatāra Vyāsadeva, Kṛṣṇa teaches the conditioned soul through Vedic literatures. Kṛṣṇa externally appears as the spiritual master and trains the conditioned soul to come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness...Thus a conditioned soul is always helped by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in three ways—by the scriptures, the spiritual master and the Supersoul within the heart]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/20/122|Madhya 20.122-123]] Purport --- ## The Purifying Effect of Kṛṣṇa-kathā ### By hearing the transcendental pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, one goes back home, back to Godhead > Following in the holy footsteps of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, we have tried to present this book *Kṛṣṇa* for being read and heard by the conditioned souls of this age. By hearing the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one is sure and certain to get salvation and be transferred back home, back to Godhead. It is recommended by Śukadeva Gosvāmī that as we hear the transcendental pastimes and activities of the Lord, we gradually cut the knots of material contamination. —Kṛṣṇa, Chapter 21 --- ### Hearing and chanting the Vedic literature will bring peace and prosperity to the world ![[sb/2/2/36#purport|All the great ācāryas, like Rāmānuja, Madhva, Caitanya, Sarasvatī Ṭhākura or even, in other countries, Muhammad, Christ and others, have all extensively glorified the Lord by chanting always and in every place...The Lord is the master of all time and all space, and therefore the Lord's holy name must be heard, glorified and remembered everywhere in the world, and that will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by the people of the world]] —SB [[sb/2/2/36|2.2.36]] Purport --- ### The purifying effect of kṛṣṇa-kathā ![[sb/2/1/1#purport|The topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa are so auspicious that they purify the speaker, the hearer, and the inquirer. They are compared to the Ganges waters, which flow from the toe of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Wherever the Ganges waters go, they purify the land and the person who bathes in them. Similarly, kṛṣṇa-kathā, or the topics of Kṛṣṇa, are so pure that wherever they are spoken, the place, the hearer, the inquirer, the speaker and all concerned become purified]] —SB [[sb/2/1/1|2.1.1]] Purport --- ### The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement gives people a chance to hear about Kṛṣṇa ![[sb/1/2/18|By regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact]] —SB [[sb/1/2/18|1.2.18]] --- ![[sb/5/18/11#purport|All the great ācāryas strongly recommend that people be given a chance to hear about the Supreme Lord. Then success is assured. The more we cleanse the dirt of material attachment from our hearts, the more we will be attracted by Kṛṣṇa's name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and activities. This is the sum and substance of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement]] —SB [[sb/5/18/11|5.18.11]] Purport --- ### Readers of Kṛṣṇa literature can attain the ultimate goal of human life > The conditioned soul has a natural aptitude to hear something about other conditioned souls in the form of fiction, drama and novel. That inclination to hear something about others may be utilized in hearing the pastimes of the Lord. Then one can immediately evolve to his transcendental nature. Kṛṣṇa's pastimes are not only beautiful; they are also very pleasing to the mind. > > If someone takes advantage of hearing the pastimes of the Lord, the material contamination of dust, accumulated in the heart due to long association with material nature, can be immediately cleansed.... This *Kṛṣṇa* treatise is meant for that purpose, and the reader may take advantage in order to attain the ultimate goal of human life. —Kṛṣṇa, Chapter 7 --- ### By hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam all miseries are uprooted ![[sb/1/1/2|Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhāgavata Purāṇa propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries]] —SB [[sb/1/1/2|1.1.2]]