Category:Cleaning Dirty Things from the Mind
Theme Analysis
- The Mirror Analogy: The mind is compared to a mirror; when covered with dust, it cannot reflect the true self. This dust consists of material desires accumulated over countless lifetimes.
- The Cleansing Agent: The most effective detergent for this accumulated dirt is the chanting of the Holy Names, specifically the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra (ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam).
- Divine Intervention: When one hears the glories of the Lord, Kṛṣṇa Himself, situated within the heart, acts to cleanse the dirty things from the mind of the sincere listener.
- Mountain of Dirt: The desire to lord it over material nature creates a "mountain" of dirt in the mind. Meditation on the Lord's lotus feet acts like a thunderbolt to shatter this mountain.
- Subtle Stains: Even after the gross dirt is removed, subtle spots may remain—desires for impersonal liberation or mystic powers—which must also be cleansed to attain pure love of God.
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Pages in category "Cleaning Dirty Things from the Mind"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- According to a prayer by Srila Narottama dasa Thakura (Prarthana 1): When will my mind be cleansed of all material dirt so that I will be able to feel the presence of spiritual Vrndavana
- All the various activities exhibited by the incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are certainly pleasing to the ear and to the mind. Simply by one's hearing of these activities, the dirty things in one's mind immediately vanish - SB 10.7.1-2
- As stated by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Siksastaka instructions, by the chanting of the holy name of the Lord - Hare Krsna, or by the process of hearing and chanting of the glories of the Lord, one's mind is gradually cleansed of all dirt
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- By practicing pranayama to control the air within the body through yoga, and by eating only air and dry leaves fallen from the trees, you (Vasudeva and Devaki) cleansed from your minds all dirty things - SB 10.3.34-35
- By repeated chanting of this transcendental sound vibration, dirty things in the materialistic mind become cleansed. The dirty things in the materialistic mind are the modes of passion and ignorance
- By the inclination to serve the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, suffering humanity can immediately cleanse the dirt which has accumulated in their minds during innumerable births
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- Hare Krishna is so nice that it clears the dirty things from the mind of the devotee and the more one is used to chant the Holy Name offenselessly, the more one develops love of God, forgetting the whole material nonsense
- He (Caitanya) states that the first result of chanting the maha-mantra, Hare Krsna, is that dirt is cleared from the consciousness, or the mirror of the mind, and then at once the blazing fire of material existence is over
- Hrdy antah-stho hy abhadrani vidhunoti: He washes off all dirt from the mind. Material existence is caused by dirty things within the mind
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- If a yogi wants to shatter the mountain of dirt (in the form of desires to lord it over material nature) in his mind, he should concentrate on the lotus feet of the Lord and not imagine something void or impersonal
- If you follow the rules and regulation, then there will be no dirt. Hare Krsna. Ceto-darpana-marjanam. Our, this process is simply to make the mind dirtyless
- In this way (by pranayama yoga, and by eating only air and dry leaves fallen from the trees cleansed your minds from all dirty things), desiring a benediction from Me (Krsna), you (Devaki and Vasudeva) worshiped Me with peaceful minds - SB 10.3.34-35
- It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 4.21.31): The waters of the Ganges flow from the tip of the lotus feet of Krsna, and by bathing in that water, everyone - including fruitive actors and all sages - can wash dirty things from the mind
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- One who directly associates with the Supreme Lord by hearing of His activities cleanses the dirt from his mind and very soon comes to Krsna consciousness
- One's mind is always agitated by the passionate mode of material nature and bewildered by the ignorant mode of nature. But one can rectify such conceptions by the relation of Visnu and thus become pacified by cleansing the dirty things created by them
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- The fortunate King Pariksit, inquiring further, said, "O brahmana, please describe in full detail how and where the mind has to be applied and how the conception can be fixed so that the dirty things in a person's mind can be removed"
- The mind of the conditioned soul, on account of its association with the material energy contains heaps of dirt in the form of desires to lord it over material nature. This dirt is like a mountain, but a mountain can be shattered when hit by a thunderbolt
- The Supreme Lord within everyone's heart becomes very pleased when a person hears narrations of His activities, and He personally cleanses the dirt from the mind of the listener
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- We can attain the platform of sattva-guna by following the instructions given in Bhagavad-gita. Hearing krsna-katha, topics about Krsna, clears all the dirty things from the mind. Also, if we chant and dance, these dirty things will be wiped away
- Whenever there is roaring of a lion, even the big animals like elephants, they go away - similarly, this vibration of transcendental sound will cleanse the elephants of dirtiness in the mind