Radhanath Swami
Radhanath Swami Quotes about Mind
Spiritual advancement without mind control is simply an illusion.
If we let our mind rule over us we will be defeated. The mind makes us lazy, dissatisfied and inattentive. Using our intelligence we must fight against this lethargy with enthusiasm.
Things can give pleasure to the mind and senses, but only love can give pleasure to the heart. And ultimately, that is what we are looking for.
Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through understanding the contents of his own mind, through observation, not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.
Selfishness is our enemy. Yet we are so inclined to fall into that state of mind. The cure is to serve.
Love can be a very mystical and mysterious thing because love springs from the very inner depths of our soul. It does not arise from the ever-changing tides of our mind or intellect.
The worst tragedy is that the uncontrolled mind steals our consciousness away from Krishna and that is the beginning, the essence of all suffering.
To make spiritual advancement we have to be very attentive in our dealings with our mind.
You can conquer the whole world, the universe but if you cannot conquer your mind and senses, you are defeated in life.
Absorb ourselves in the supreme of all prayers, the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, fix our mind begging for service and begging for the power to please the Lord by our service, because in essence the success of our service is how we please Krishna.
Mind is one's biggest enemy when uncontrolled, but majority of people put full faith on their enemy.
Love is the most satisfying way to control the mind…Bhakti makes us single-minded when it awakens our innate spirit of love.
The nature of the mind is to interpret non-essentials essential. The mind creates artificial needs, believing it cannot live without them. In this way we carry a great burden of attachments throughout our life. Attachment is itself a great burden on our minds. We may never understand the extent of the burden till we’re free of it. But if we find joy within, we can live a simple life, free of endless complications.
We can only know to the extent that God reveals to us. Because factually, whatever we see, by the time it comes to our consciousness, it’s filtered through our contaminated mind and our bewildered ego. So what really can we know in truth? This is the condition of the soul.
Real renunciation, whether one is a sannyasi, vanaprastha, grihastha or brahmachari, is to use the body, mind, words and life in the service of Krishna, vaisnavas and other living beings.
Selfishness, the incessant craving to be recognized, it’s the mind’s way of succumbing to the ego. It’s the symptom of the person who has really not tasted the sweetness of glorifying Krishna.
The world is a mirror of one’s own mind.