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How is listening important in Jnana-marga?

In Jnana-marga the principle is श्रोतव्यो. मन्तव्यो निदिध्यासितव्यः - listen first, then meditate upon it, then remember it again and again. Stress is on listening not reading.

Why does Vithoba stand on brick?

Sant Pundalik was very much devoted to the service of his old parents. When Lord Krishna heard about him, he came to visit all the way from Dwaraka. Pundalik was busy. The Lord waited watching him in amusement standing on top of a brick. It is in memory of this that the idol of Vithoba has him standing on a brick.

धाता रातिस्सवितेदं जुषन्तां प्रजापतिर्निधिपतिर्नो अग्निः । त्वष्टा विष्णुः प्रजया सँरराणो यजमानाय द्रविणं दधातु ।। dhata ratissavitedam jushantam prajapatirnidhipatirno agnih . tvashta vishnuh prajaya samrarano yajamanaya dravinam dadhatu ......

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