Krsna purifies the devotee who constantly engages in hearing of Him

"To hear about Krsna from Vedic literatures, or to hear from Him directly through the Bhagavad-gita, is itself righteous activity. And for one who hears about Krsna, Lord Krsna who is dwelling in everyone's heart, acts as a best-wishing friend and purifies the devotee who constantly engages in hearing of Him. In this way, a devotee naturally develops his dormant transcendental knowledge. As he hears more about Krsna from the Bhagavatam and from the devotees, he becomes fixed in the devotional service of the Lord. By development of devotional service one becomes freed from the modes of passion and ignorance, and thus material lusts and avarice are diminished. When these impurities are wiped away, the candidate remains steady in his position of pure goodness, becomes enlivened by devotional service and understands the science of God perfectly. Thus bhakti-yoga severs the hard knot of material affection and enables one to come at once to the stage of asamsayam-samagram, understanding of the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead." (Bhag. 1.2.17-21)

Therefore only by hearing from Krsna or from His devotee in Krsna consciousness can one understand the science of Krsna.

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16. Why one should try to understand Bhagavad Gita:

Those who really seek the Absolute Truth come to the understanding that Kåñëa is everything (väsudevaù samam iti ). Such great souls are very rare. Nonetheless, if one studies the entire Bhagavad-gétä as it is, Kåñëa is very easy to understand. The Kåñëa consciousness movement is just trying to make Kåñëa known all over the world as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (kåñëas tu bhagavän svayam [SB 1.3.28]). If people take this movement seriously, their lives as human beings will be successful.

(SB 7.10.70p)

So where is the difficulty to understand Krsna consciousness? Everything is there in the Bhagavad-gita. If you diligently study and try to understand, you remain fully Krsna conscious always. Everything is there. What is my position, how I am working, how I am dying, how I am getting body, how I am wandering. Everything is detail is there. Simply one has to become little intelligent

(Lacture Bhagavad-gita 2.21-22 London, August 26, 1973)

Journalist: You go for a prescribed course of study?

Prabhupada: Yes, prescribed course of study, these two, three books, that's all. Anyone can read. Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam or Caitanya-caritamrta. You'll learn everything. You haven't got to learn so many huge volumes of books. Because Bhagavad-gita is such nice book, if you can understand one line, you advance hundred years. You see? So, I mean to say, meaningful and so solid. Therefore we have published this Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Let your people read it, let them question, and try to understand what is this movement.

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No, no, you are asking solution of the question who is already in darkness. You should take instruction from Bhagavad-gita. You are asking women who are supposed to be dependent, and you are asking question from them. To answer will not be from them. The answer, the standard answer, you have to take from the book of knowledge, Bhagavad-gita. Then the answer will be perfect.

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It does not matter what is the position and occupation of the man, but he is in the right order of civilization because his very aim is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Next point, And in order to learn this art, how he is able to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one has to take instruction or education in the art of Krishna Consciousness, by reading Bhagavad-gita as it is

(Letter to: Rayarama – Seattle: 17 October, 1968)

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