BECOME

THE
MASTER
OF
YOUR MIND
Dr. M.I. Sakri
Professor and Head, Automobile Engineering Department,
BLDEA’s Vachana Pitamaha Dr. P.G. Halakatti
College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapur-586103
BODY AND MIND
EVERYONE WISH THAT BODY SHOULD BE CLEAN, HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG

BODY- AN OUTWARD APPEARANCE, A PROJECTION OF THE MIND

BODY IS WELL IF MIND IS WELL

MIND OPERATES THROUGH THE SENSES AND THE SENSE-ORGANS

MIND CONTROLS YOUR WHOLE LIFE

YOUR HAPPINESS OR MISERY, SUCCESS OR FAILURE DEPEND ON MIND

मन एव मनुष्याणाां कारणां बन्धमोक्षयोोः ।

बन्धाय ववषयासक्तां मुक्त्यै वनवविषयां स्मृतम् ॥
“For man, mind is the cause of bondage and mind is the cause of
liberation. Mind absorbed in sense objects is the cause of
bondage, and mind detached from the sense objects is the cause
of liberation.”
THE MIND
MIND IS A BUNDLE OF DESIRES, THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, HABITS AND EMOTIONS

MIND IS A COLLECTION OF SAMSKARAS

DESIRES, THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS ARE NOT STEADY- THEY ARE
CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING

 EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH OUR THOUGHTS

 WE SOW A THOUGHT AND REAP AN ACTION
 IF WE REPEAT AN ACTION IT BECOMES A HABIT
 SUM TOTAL OF HABITS DEFINE OUR CHARACTER
 OUR CHARACTER IN TURN DETERMINES OUR DESTINY
 THUS, EVERYTHING WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW IS THE RESULT OF THOUGHTS
THAT WE HAVE CULTIVATED
 ORIGIN OF ALL DISEASES IS WRONG THINKIG
 UNRESOLVED EMOTIONS CAUSE ILLNESS
THE MIND
MIND IS OF MIDDLING SIZE (SAME AS THAT OF BODY) – VEDANTA
MIND IS ATOMIC – NYAYA SCHOOL
MIND IS VIBHU- ALL PERVADING –PATANJALI MAHARSHI

ममैवाां शो जीवलोके जीवभू त: सनातन:

मन:षष्ठानीन्द्रियावण प्रकृवतस्थावन कषिवत

“The embodied souls in this material world are my eternal fragmental parts. But
bound by material nature, they are struggling with the six senses including the
mind. “ Bhagavad-Gita XV-7

MIND IS LIKE THE AIR - CHANCHALA

MIND IS LIKE MIRROR
MIND IS LIKE A MONKEY

मकिटस्य सुरापानां मध्ये वृविकदां शनां ।

तन्मध्ये भू तसांचारो यद्वा तद्वा भववष्यवत ॥

The antics (of the mind) seems to be like that of a monkey that has consumed alcohol,
is then bitten by a scorpion and then again is possessed by a demon/spirit.
 MESSAGE OF BHAGVAD GITA
आत्मानां रवथनां ववन्द्रद्ध शरीरां रथमेव च
बुन्द्रद्धां तु सारवथां ववन्द्रद्ध मनोः प्रग्रहमेव च |
इन्द्रियावण हयाना हुवविषयाां स्तेषु गोचरान्
आत्मे न्द्रियमनोयुक्तां भोक्तेत्याहुमिनीवषणोः ||

1. Chariot: शरीर (Physical Body), the instrument through which the Self, intellect, mind, and senses operate.
2. Charioteer: बुद्धी (Higher Intellect), Gives instructions to the Mind.
3. Passenger: आत्मा (Individual Soul, the embodied Atma, the pure center of consciousness), is always the
neutral.
4. Horses: इन्द्रिय ( Five sense organs such as Eyes, Ears, Tongue, Touch and Nose. Which we relate to the
external world by perception and action.
5. Reins: मन (Mind, through which the senses receive their instructions to act and perceive.)
6. Roads: The countless objects of senses and desires in the present world and within our memory.
7. Wheels of the Chariot: Right effort
8. Destination: मोक्ष/परमात्मा श्रीकृष्ण “Perfection” or “Self Realization, To find the supreme soul at inner
sanctum of self.”
9. Kurukshetra Battlefield: It’s the inner battlefield, the only place where one can confront, do battle with, and
vanquish the inner demons.
10. Two Armies: Kauravas (Demonic Nature) and Pandavas (Divine Nature)
METHODS OF MIND CONTROL

‘YENA MANOJITAM JAGAT JITAM TENA’

‘ONE WHO HAS CONQUERED HIS MIND HAS CONQUERED THE WORLD’

"MANOJAYA EVA MAHAJAYAH - CONQUEST OF MIND IS THE GREATEST VICTORY." `

Abhyasa : is constant effort to fix the mind on God or Atman.

Vairagya : is dispassion or non-attachment to sensual objects

– SAMA AND DAMA

Enquire "Who am I?" Do Vichara.

Do mental Japa of Om and meditate on Atman.

METHODS OF MIND CONTROL
 Destroy the fuel of desire, and the fire of thought will be
extinguished.

 With the annihilation of Sankalpa, the reality of Brahman will

shine.

 Cultivate divine qualities such as friendliness, mercy, gladness

and indifference towards happiness, pain, virtue and vice.

 Don't try to fulfill your desires. Don't hope.

 Don't expect anything.

 Destroy the vicious desires through virtuous desires and destroy

the virtuous desires also through one strong desire for liberation.
METHODS OF MIND CONTROL
 Study of religious books, Tapas, charity and Satsanga with
Mahatmas, Sadhus and Sannyasins.

 Overhaul worldly vicious Samskaras (latent impressions)

 Japa of any Mantra and Upasana (worship of God) destroy the

impurities of the mind, makes the mind inwards, induce
Vairagya, help concentration and eventually lead to control of
mind.
METHODS OF MIND CONTROL
 Destroy evil habits by establishing new good habits.

 Control the lower instinctive mind through the higher Sattvic

mind.

 Don't wrestle or struggle with the mind. Be regular in your

concentration and meditation.

 Practice Pranayama.
Food has influence over the mind.

 Sattvic food (milk, fruits, etc.) calms the mind.

 Rajasic food (sharp spices or strong herbs, or stimulants, like
coffee and tea, the meat of animals and fish, eggs, salt, and
chocolate. .) excites the mind.
 Tamasic food (meat, alcohol, tobacco, onions, garlic,
fermented foods, such as vinegar, and stale leftover food,)
excites the mind.
 Be Mitahari (moderation in diet).
Thank You