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80 / Lord Mahavira
The mind is like a furious elephant which is very difficult to control. It can be controlled only by the goal of right knowledge.
To purify the mind, one should always concentrate on righteous meditation. The mind should be constantly engaged in right reflections and kept away from evil thoughts. It is said—“Mind is the cause of both bondage and liberation."
Mind should be trained to make use of the senses, body, wealth etc for the welfare of the self and humanity. If the mind is affected by attachment and passions, it results in the bondage of the soul in the worldly sojourn. But if the mind is freed from attachment and passions it leads to emancipation.
In terms of Lord Mahavira
“I control the horse which gallops by the bridle of knowledge, being controlled it does not go astray and moves on the right path."
According to Lord Buddha
The mind that frisks like an unruly and a dreadful horse which runs hither and thither in all directions. I control it by the discipline of dharma.
