Sattvika listening is the listening to the stories, experiences and messages of sages and saints who aspired after God and realised Him. Sattvika seeing is seeing the worshippers of the Lord, seeing the portraits of saints and sages, attending to festival in temples etc.

Rajasika seeing is seeing scenes of luxury, pictures of sensuous joy, of pompous pageantry of exhibition of power and status and display of egoistic authority. Taking delight in the description of sensuous scenes and incidents, in demonstration of power and authority etc. are classed as rajasika listening.

Others take delight in listening to gruesome adventures, stories of wicked ogres and vicious deeds. Such are Tamasika individuals. They admire cruelty and terrifying tactics and they take pleasure in keeping such pictures before them. They worship demonic blood-thirsty Gods and they revel in the lore of ghosts and evil forces. (GV, p. 243)

Listening to exposition by the wise is much better than reading oneself; or, one can be looking into the text while listening. It is preferable to listen in company, rather than alone; of course it is excellent to listen with a number of earnest aspirants. If the person who expounds has had the thrill of genuine experience, then it is the supremest luck, for it yields best results. For, his face will blossom into joy, his eyes will shed tears of joy at the very contemplation of the glory of the Lord. Those who listen to him will catch that inspiration; they will experience the joy themselves.

In the midst of a group that weeps, tear will spring out of the eyes of those who have come in; when infant smiles, those around will also smile in unison. So too, the words of those who are saturated with devotion to God will saturate the hearts of those who listen. It is impossible to measure the profit that one can derive while in the company of the great. (Bhag Vahini, p. 4)

Through the process of listening, a dirt-laden heart will be transformed into a clean, illumined heart shining with genuine light. To the foul odours of sense, pursuits, keenness to listen to the glories of God is a valuable disinfectant, besides being in itself so full of sweet fragrance. The listening will cleanse the heart through the prompting it gives for good work. (Bhag Vahini, p. 5)

Man lives by getting and forgetting. God lives by giving and forgiving. (DM, p. 27)

The best method of spreading Vedanta Philosophy is to live it. There is no other royal road. (MBI, p. 242)

Though all live in the same world, each one lives in his own world, shaped by his own actions and reactions. (DG, p. 265)

Keep always before the eye of memory, death, which is inevitable and engage yourself in the journey of life, with good wishes for all, with strict adherence to truth, seeking always the company of the Good, and with the mind always fixed on the Lord. Live, avoiding evil deeds and hateful and harmful thoughts, and do not get attached to the World. If you live thus, your last moment will be pure, sweet and blessed. Disciplined striving throughout life is necessary to ensure this consummation. The mind has to be turned over to good Samskaras. (Prema Vahini, p. 29)