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42. Katha Upanishad | Mantras 2.3.9 - 11 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

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The Fifth Component of Controlling the Mind

Quietening the impulse to anger is a hymns, a non-violence. Trying to control the mind in meditation or Krishna as you are telling me is impossible. It's like trying to control the wind. By changing the breath, one can focus the mind. That is prāra-nā yama. The fifth component is patyāhara, which is where he has started this verse, controlling the senses. Controlling the senses means first of all quietening and second mental level not reacting, not reacting. Then the last three stages of, the final stages of meditation. Dhārāṇa, Dhōrāḉa, sam

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