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vācaḥ – of speech; vegam – urge; manasaḥ – of the mind; krodha – of anger; vegam – urge; jihvā …

A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind’s demands, the actions of anger and the urges …

kṛṣṇa – sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra yāhāṅ kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra

Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun, and māyā is just like darkness. If the sun is present, there is no …

Similarly, anger can be controlled. We cannot stop anger altogether, but if we simply become angry with those who blaspheme …

As for the urges of the tongue, we all experience that the tongue wants to eat palatable dishes. Generally we …

In a similar manner, the urges of the genitals, the sex impulse, can be controlled when not used unnecessarily. The …

When one is fully practiced in the methods of Kṛṣṇa conscious control, he can become qualified to be a bona …

In his Anuvṛtti explanation of Upadeśāmṛta, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes that our material identification creates three kinds of urges …

When we refer to the urge to speak, we refer to useless talking, such as that of the impersonal Māyāvādī …

na yad vacaś citra-padaṁ harer yaśo jagat-pavitraṁ pragṛṇīta karhicit tad vāyasaṁ tīrtham uśanti mānasā na yatra haṁsā niramanty uśik-kṣayāḥ

“Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole …

tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yat śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ

“On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, …

The conclusion is that only when we talk about devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can we refrain …

As for the agitations of the flickering mind, they are divided into two divisions. The first is called avirodha-prīti, or …

Similarly, the demands of the body can be divided into three categories – the demands of the tongue, the belly …

śarīra avidyā jāla, jaḍendriya tāhe kāla, jīve phele viṣaya-sāgare tā’ra madhye jihvā ati, lobhamāyā sudurmati, tā’ke jetā kaṭhina saṁsāre

kṛṣṇa baḍa dayāmaya, karibāre jihvā jaya, sva-prasāda-anna dila bhāi sei annāmṛta khāo, rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa gāo, preme ḍāka caitanya-nitāi

“O Lord! This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths leading to …