How the item of hearing can be best practised is described by Śrī Jīva Gosvāmīpāda — 
tac ca nāma rūpa guṇa līlāmaya śabdānāṁ śrotra sparśaḥ………..tatrāpi śravaṇe śrī bhāgavata śravaṇaṁ tu parama śreṣṭhaṁ tasya tādṛśa prabhāvamaya śabdātmakatvāt parama rasamayatvāc ca tatra pūrvasmād yathā (Bhāg. 1.1.2) ‘śrīmad bhāgavate mahāmuni kṛte kiṁ vāparair īśvaraḥ sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat kṣaṇāt’. mahāmuniḥ sarva mahan mahanīya caraṇa paṅkajaḥ śrī bhagavān. atra kiṁ vāparair ityādinā śabda svābhāvika māhātmyaṁ darśitam. uttarasmād yathā ‘sarva vedānta sāraṁ hi śrīmad bhāgavatam iṣyate. tad rasāmṛta tṛptasya nānyatra syād ratiḥ kvacit’. tad rasa evāmṛtaṁ tena tṛptasya. atraiva vivecanīyam śrī bhagavan nāmādeḥ śravaṇaṁ tāvat paramaḥ śreyaḥ, tatrāpi mahad āvirbhāvita prabandhādeḥ tatra mahat kīrtyamānasya, tato’pi śrī bhāgavatasya. tatrāpi mahat kīrtyamānasyeti. tatrāpi savāsana mahānubhava mukhāt sarvasya śrī kṛṣṇa nāmādi śravaṇam tu parama bhāgyād eva sampadyate tasya pūrṇa bhagavattvād iti (Bhakti Sandarbhaḥ) 

“Hearing means the audial reception of the sound vibrations concerning the Lord’s holy names, forms, attributes and pastimes. Of all topics to hear again the best topic is Śrīmad Bhāgavata, for Śrīmad Bhāgavata’s words are most powerful and tasty. It is explained in the beginning of Śrīmad Bhāgavata how each of its words are most powerful: 

The great sage Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, whose lotus feet are worshipped by the great saints, has revealed this Śrīmad Bhāgavata. In it are such powerful words, that contain such a paramount relish, that the Lord at once becomes captured in the heart of even a person who simply desires to hear it. Is there any other kind of spiritual practice or hearing of a sacred book that promptly captures the Lord in the heart? Never! This shows the natural greatness of the words contained in Śrīmad Bhāgavata. 

Śrīmad Bhāgavata is most succulent, hence it is said: Anyone who is satisfied with the nectar of Śrīmad Bhāgavata, which is the essence of all Vedānta scriptures, will not have taste for any other book or any other spiritual practice. This shows the deep relish that can be found in Śrīmad Bhāgavata.”  

Here we must consider first of all that the hearing of the Lord’s holy names, forms, attributes and pastimes is most auspicious. Of them, the narrations (on the Lord) composed by great saints are even more auspicious, and then, if these narrations that are composed by great saints are also sung and recited by great saints, then that is even more glorious. Again even more auspicious than that is when the scripture Śrīmad Bhāgavata, which is composed by the greatest saints Śrī Vyāsa and Śuka, is sung by the great saints. 

Then again, if the holy names, attributes and pastimes of Śrī Hari, that form Śrīmad Bhāgavata, are heard from the mouth of a like-minded, deeply realised saint, then that will provide the greatest relish. 

Beyond that again, although the pastimes of many of the Lord’s avatāras are narrated in Śrīmad Bhāgavata, the hearing of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s holy names, attributes and pastimes is most fortunate, for He is the Original Personality of Godhead and the embodiment of sweetness Himself.”  

From this teaching of Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī we can conclude that hearing about Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s holy names, attributes and pastimes as they are described in Śrīmad Bhāgavata from the mouth of a like minded saint, is very powerful and very tasty, and will make the practitioner’s devotional item of hearing very successful. 

Taking Śrīmad Bhāgavata as the kernel, the Gosvāmīs have composed so many books about Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, both from the angle of rasa and siddhānta (philosophy), and all these books are also known under the heading of ‘Bhāgavata’. 

The pastimes of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, who is the joint form of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa are described in scriptures like Śrī Caitanya Bhāgavata and Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, as well as this Prema Bhakti Candrikā and Prārthanā, and these books are similarly full of power and taste. 

Hearing all these scriptures from the mouths of like minded saints will swiftly cause unfavorable obstacles to nice devotional service to disappear, and the practitioner who has taste for hearing these topics will soon be blessed with the attainment of prema. This is called good practice of the item of hearing. (Srila Ananta das Babaji)