How to control mind? | Srial Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja #shorts

5 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this short devotional discourse, the speaker cites the Bhagavad‑gītā where Arjuna remarks that the mind is harder to control than the wind. Krishna responds that through constant practice (abhyāsa) the mind can be mastered. The speaker defines practice as repeatedly bringing the mind back to spiritual topics whenever it wanders, emphasizing that hearing, meditating on, and contemplating the Lord’s pastimes and instructions are fully transcendental activities. By persistently engaging in such devotional practice, one not only gains control over the mind but also cultivates transcendental qualities such as humility, tolerance, and the ideal behavior of a Vaiṣṇava.

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In the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna had declared to the Lord that it appears to be more difficult to control the mind than to control the terminal— than to control the wind. Kṛṣṇa says, however, by constant practice the mind can be brought under control. So what does practice mean? Practice means forcing the mind again and again whenever it deviates from spiritual subject matters to bring it back to spiritual subject matters. So hearing about the Lord's pastimes, meditating on the Lord's pastimes, meditating on the Lord's instructions are all 100% transcendental because there's no difference between the Lord and His pastimes. If you go on practicing, then you will become perfect. As we practice the art of devotional service through controlling the mind and constant engagement in service to the Lord, all transcendental qualities like humility, tolerance, and ideal Vaiṣṇava behavior will also develop.