Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 9: The Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
Bhagavad Gita 9.1
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave | jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt ||
To you, who do not find fault, I will now declare this most secret knowledge together with its realization. Knowing it, you will be freed from harm.
Modern context
Krishna gives the reason Arjuna can receive this teaching: he does not find fault. A listener who is looking for flaws hears everything as something to argue with. A listener who is open lets the words land before judging them. This is not the same as believing everything. It is the willingness to understand something fully before deciding about it. Most deep learning depends on that kind of listening.