Developing Self-Control

One of the greatest causes of misery is the lack of firm control over one's senses, emotions and mind. Without having such self-control, one is a slave of the impulses of the moment, rather than being a master of one's life and destiny. There is no philosophical system or spiritual practice that is more equipped to teach us the path of self-control than the yogic path of Sanatana Dharma. In this practical psychological exploration of the way to develop to self-control, Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya comments of a string of illuminating verses from the famous Bhagavad Gita.

"The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.60)

"One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness upon Me is known as a man of steady intelligence." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.61)

"While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment desire develops, and from desire anger arises." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.62)

"From anger, delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost, one falls down again into the material pool." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.63)

"One who can control his senses by practicing the regulated principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord and thus become free from all attachment and aversion." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.64)

"For one who is so situated in the Divine consciousness, the threefold miseries of material existence exist no longer; in such a happy state, one's intelligence soon becomes steady." (Bhagavad Gita, 2.65)

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