Tevt 1521
The lord instructs Šrila Rūna Gosvāmi i
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By serving them and obeying their orders, the boy became the object of sympathy for the Vaiṣṇavas, and, by the Vaiṣṇavas’ unknown mercy, he gradually became a pure devotee. In the next life he was Nārada Muni, the most exalted of Vaiṣnavas and the most important  guru  and  ācārva  of Vaiṣnavas.
Following in the footsteps of Nārada Muni, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is rendering service to humanity by giving everyone a chance to come in contact with Kṛṣṇa. If one is fortunate, he becomes intimately related with this movement. Then, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, one's life becomes successful. Everyone has dormant  kṛṣṇa-bhakti —love for Kṛṣṇa—and in the association of good devotees, that love is revealed. As stated in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  (Madhya 22.107):
nitya-siddha-kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhu naya śravanādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya
Dormant devotional service to Krṣṇa is within everyone. Simply by associating with devotees, hearing their good instructions and chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mantra , dormant love for Krṣṇa is awakened. In this way one acquires the seed of devotional service.  Guru-krṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja .
TEXT 152
মালা হঞ্গ করে সেই বীজ আরোপণ। 
শ্রবণ-কীর্তন-জলে করয়ে সেচন ॥ ১৫২ ॥
mālī hañā kare sei bija āropaņa śravaņa-kirtana-jale karaye secana
SYNONYMS
mālī hañā —becoming a gardener;  kare —does;  sei —that;  bīja —seed of devotional service;  āropaņa —sowing;  śravaņa —of hearing;  kīrtana —of chanting;  jale —with the water;  karaye —does;  secana —sprinkling.
TRANSLATION
“When a person receives the seed of devotional service, he should take care of it by becoming a gardener and sowing the seed in his heart. If he waters the seed gradually by the process of śravaṇa and kīrtana [hearing and chanting], the seed will begin to sprout.
PURPORT
To live with devotees or to live in a temple means to associate with the  śra-vaṇa-kīrtana  process. Sometimes neophyte devotees think that they can continue