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These ten senses are under the control of the mind.

In this way the tongue, as well as all the other senses, can be controlled by the mind.

Being controlled by the mind means being controlled by the senses, because the senses are the mind’s

Some people say that the body should be renounced and that we should take some drugs and abandon ourselves Kṛṣṇa has given us nice food – fruits, grains, vegetables, and milk – and we can prepare hundreds and thousands of nice preparations and offer them to the Lord. But we should not be greedy and eat dozens of samosās, sweetballs, and rasagullās. No. We should eat and sleep just enough to keep the body fit, and no more. It is stated,

: Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali. and vice, and the yuga lasts 1,728,000 years. In the Dvāpara-yuga there is an even greater decline in virtue and religion, vice increasing, and this and this yuga lasts 432,000 years. Brahmā and his creation are all part of the material universe, and therefore they are in constant flux

“Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Pārtha , and they are helplessly dissolved.” At night, everything is flooded, and when day appears, gradually the waters disappear. Gradually, land is emerging, and the day will come when there will no longer be water but simply land

Those who are intelligent are interested in putting an end to birth, old age, disease, and death and entering into a spiritual life full of eternality, bliss, and knowledge. The bhakti-yogī knows that such a life is possible through practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and remembrance

“By concentrating one’s attention on the transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa, who is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and then attains the happy state of transcendental

To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.”

“Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and nonmanifested It is supreme and is never annihilated.

“One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no work.”

psychotherapeutic session,” appears to us in the form of an extraordinary dialogue between the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa and Perplexed and confused about his identity and purpose, Arjuna turns to Kṛṣṇa, who reveals “the path of And what is yoga? The Sanskrit word yoga literally means “union” and refers to the union, in love, between the individual consciousness and the Supreme Consciousness, the self and the Superself, the soul and God.

“To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay kuśa grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. his mind, senses, and activities and fixing the mind on one point.” such as Prayāga, Mathurā, Vṛndāvana, Hṛṣīkeśa, and Hardwar and in solitude practice yoga where the sacred rivers like the Yamunā and the Ganges flow.

“A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind, and self in relationship with the Supreme; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness.” (Bhagavad-gītā 6.10)

We have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals and tongues with which to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Even if we don’t have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals, we have a tongue. No one has to purchase a tongue. Therefore we have all the instruments we need with us – a tongue and ears. We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and use our ears to hear this vibration, and all perfection will be We have only to chant and hear.

“One should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with determination and faith and not be deviated from One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of mental speculation and thus control

No one really wants to sit down and meditate. Why should we? In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our recreation is dancing and chanting, and when we get tired, we take prasāda It is natural to enjoy music and dancing and palatable foods. These are our recreations, and this is our method of meditation. “It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.” It is natural, automatic, and spontaneous.