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After capturing animals, a cunning hunter does not putfaith in them, for they might run away. Similarly, those who are advanced inspiritual life do not put faith in the mind. They always remainvigilant and watch the mind's action.
The mind is by nature very restless, and one shouldnot make friends with it. If we place full confidence in the mind, it may cheatus at any moment.
The first business of one trying to advance inspiritual life is to control the mind and senses.
An unchaste woman is very easily carried away byparamours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by herparamours. If the yogi gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, hismind will give facility to enemies like lust, anger and greed, and they willdoubtlessly kill the yogi.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to saythat in the morning our first business should be to beat the mind with shoes ahundred times. and, before going to bed, to beat the mind a hundred times witha broomstick. In this way one's mind can be kept under control.
An uncontrolledmind and an unchaste wife are the same. An unchaste wife can kill her husbandat any time, and an uncontrolled mind, followed by lust, anger, greed, madness,envy and illusion, can certainly kill the yogi. When the yogi is controlled bythe mind, he falls down into the material condition. One should be very carefulof the mind, just as a husband should be careful of an unchaste wife.
The mind is the root cause of lust, anger, pride,greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. Combined, these constitute bondage tofruitive activity. What learned man would put faith in the mind?
The mind isthe original cause of material bondage. It is followed by many enemies, such asanger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. The best way to controlthe mind is to engage it always in Krsna consciousness (sa vai manahkrsna-padaravindayoh [SB 9.4.18]). Since the followers of the mind bring aboutmaterial bondage, we should be very careful not to trust the mind.
The mind is by nature very restless, and one shouldnot make friends with it. If we place full confidence in the mind, it may cheatus at any moment.
The first business of one trying to advance inspiritual life is to control the mind and senses.
An unchaste woman is very easily carried away byparamours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed by herparamours. If the yogi gives his mind a chance and does not restrain it, hismind will give facility to enemies like lust, anger and greed, and they willdoubtlessly kill the yogi.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to saythat in the morning our first business should be to beat the mind with shoes ahundred times. and, before going to bed, to beat the mind a hundred times witha broomstick. In this way one's mind can be kept under control.
An uncontrolledmind and an unchaste wife are the same. An unchaste wife can kill her husbandat any time, and an uncontrolled mind, followed by lust, anger, greed, madness,envy and illusion, can certainly kill the yogi. When the yogi is controlled bythe mind, he falls down into the material condition. One should be very carefulof the mind, just as a husband should be careful of an unchaste wife.
The mind is the root cause of lust, anger, pride,greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. Combined, these constitute bondage tofruitive activity. What learned man would put faith in the mind?
The mind isthe original cause of material bondage. It is followed by many enemies, such asanger, pride, greed, lamentation, illusion and fear. The best way to controlthe mind is to engage it always in Krsna consciousness (sa vai manahkrsna-padaravindayoh [SB 9.4.18]). Since the followers of the mind bring aboutmaterial bondage, we should be very careful not to trust the mind.
Srimad Bhagavatam
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