Mind
For the one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be his greatest enemy.
Serving Krishna
Hammer every thought in your mind thinking of how to serve Krishna.
Mind’s Captivity
Keep your mind under captivity of remembering Lord Krishna.
Mind
The mind is not to be killed. Mind or desire cannot be stopped, but to develop a desire to function for spiritual realization, the quality of engagement by the mind has to be changed. The mind is the pivot of the active sense organs, and as susch if the quality of thinking, feeling and willing is changed, naturally the quality of actions by the instrumental senses will also change. — Srimad Bhagavatam, 02.01.17.
Importance of Having A Peaceful Mind
Unless one's mind is at least somewhat peaceful one cannot even begin to think about spiritual subjects.
Lecture on “Overcoming the IIT disadvantage” delivered at IIT Chennai on 19th Nov 2006
Controlling The Mind
Mind is seat of senses, to control mind is very important aspect. We need to understand our duty to train our mind. We need to discriminate and we need to chastise the mind sometimes, we need to distinguish what is bhakti and maya.