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right. It demands perserverant practice. Patanjali says that it is the perfect control over mental wanderings. The mind has to be concentred at the desired point.
Manogupti—It is to control the desire to kill, to make preparation for it and actually to kill some being. Its four kinds are: (1) Satya, i.e. to prevent the mind from going astray. (2) Asatya-It is to take back the mind from false notions. (3) Satyamrsā -It is to withdraw the mind from the mixture of true and false thoughts. (4) Asatyamrsā -It is to withdraw the mind from thoughts devoid of truth, untruth and mixture of the two. Dr. jacobi takes the first three as affirmative (to be practised and the fourth as negative,
The human mind is volatile like the wind and a self-willed horse. It is very difficult to control the mind, because it controls all sense-organs that control mankind. Hence some people mean to kill the mind altogether. They first make it senseless with the help of wine and narcotic drugs like hemp. The Hathayoga also proceeded this way. It is the maddened mind that creates havoc. Wars mean destruction and complete annihilation. Another school of thought says that it cannot be killed like the god of love. What is advisable is to treat it not as an enemy, but as a fast friend. If you turn it in the right direction and habituate it to stay there, it may bring about peace and amity in the world. It is to be endearingly tamed and trained. It is not a ghost, but a god. Jainism asks you to throw out dirt from it and make it holy. Let it not go astray so as to entertain evil thoughts. Let it relish concentration on righteousness. A trained mind makes for tranquillity,
lled it is a menace; controlled it is a veritable boon. So adapt it to your spiritual needs.
Vacanagupti—If the mind be pure, speech also shall be sacrosanct. The least remnant mental defilement dirties speech a little. It is to speak the truth, what is right and opportune and must not be tainted with the least blemish. There are four forms of sound: (1) Vaikhari is the articulate utterance. It is gross. (2) Madhyama[It is Vyuanjana's sound. (3) Pasyanti-It is psychic. (4) This sound is ‘pranamaya' Para-It is vital sound. These are gross, subtle, more subtle and most subtle respectively.
Modern scientists have realised the importance of sound and the potency of the subtlest one. The subtlest sound-wave can cut a diamond which is so very hard. In the western countries this has revolutionized surgical operations. In the old Indian literature there are references to incantatory miracles which could shake houses and even divine thrones. Lord Mahāvīra replied to Gautama's query saying that the control of speech effects thoughtlessness. This makes it impossible for any thought to enter the mind. When a man speaks he loses some energy. The more he speaks the more energy he loses. Hence the necessity of observing silence as far as possible in order to conserve energy. A talkative person necessarily suffers from nervous tension.
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