Category:Chariot of the Mind
Theme Analysis
- Mano-ratha (Chariot of the Mind): Srila Prabhupada uses this Sanskrit term to describe the precarious state of the conditioned soul, who is driven by the flickering whims of the mind rather than spiritual intelligence.
- The Analogy: The body is the chariot, the senses are the horses, the mind serves as the reins, and the intelligence is the charioteer. If the mind is uncontrolled, the horses (senses) drag the passenger to destruction.
- Source of Anxiety: Traveling on the chariot of the mind guarantees anxiety because the mind is unstable and constantly seeks temporary material satisfaction.
- Mental Concoction: Both hellish suffering and heavenly enjoyment are ultimately products of mental concoction; they are temporary destinations on the mental platform.
- Limitation of Speculation: One cannot reach the Absolute Truth simply by traveling at the speed of the mind; God is beyond mental speculation.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Dangers of Riding the Chariot of the Mind.
Pages in category "Chariot of the Mind"
The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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- All bodies in heavenly planets and hellish planets arise from mental concoctions, and the sufferings and enjoyments of material life are simply on the mental platform. They take place on the chariot of the mind (mano-ratha)
- All living entities are traveling within this material world in different species of life, in different planets. Sarva-bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya: on the chariot given by the material energy. So that is mind
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- So long we are seated on the chariot of the untrained mind, unbridled mind, the mind will drag me to things which are nonpermanent. But my whole business is that I am permanent, I am eternal
- So long we shall travel on the chariot of the mind, mano-ratha, then there is no question of our being freed from anxiety. Therefore we have to give up this chariot of mind. The chariot of mind will not give us satisfaction
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- The Brahma-samhita said that if one starts on the chariot of air and makes progress on the speed of mind, still one cannot understand what is God
- The intelligence is the charioteer, the mind constitutes the reins controlling the horses, and the senses are the horses. Thus the living entity is the false enjoyer of the material world