“Just as removal of weeds, tilling the land, sowing the seeds, and watering them, are required before the crop can be harvested on a plot of land, the field of the human heart has to be cleared of bad thoughts and bad feelings, watered with love, tilled by spiritual practices, and then the seeds of the divine Name needs to be sown. Only then is one entitled to reap the harvest of jnana (Divine Wisdom). Today, spiritual exercises are confined to listening to talks and not to practicing the teachings. Listening has become a kind of disease. Merely after listening, men go about bragging that they know everything. This crazy boastfulness is deepening men’s ignorance. One should ruminate over what has been heard. After rumination, one should do nidhidhyasana (put into practice the lessons). Only then there is the triple purity of thought, word, and deed. Today, people are content with mere listening to discourses. This will not lead to realisation.”