It does not require to read Bhagavad-gītā by your academic education. If you simply hear from the authoritative source the instruction of Bhagavad-gītā, and if you simply meditate upon that speech, that instruction, «Oh, Kṛṣṇa instructed like this. Arjuna received like this. He questioned like this. He answered like this,» that is meditation, perfect meditation, and you become liberated. ….Hear from the right source and discuss amongst yourselves. Iṣṭagoṣṭhi. Then the perfection.
Lecture on SB 1.5.13 — New Vrindaban, June 13, 1969