Teachings form Hindu Scriptures and Teachers on Mind
The mind alone is the cause of bondage and freedom. When
associated with sense objects it leads to bondage; when dissociated from them
it leads to liberation.
(Amritabindu Upanishad)
The turbulent senses violently carry away the mind of even a
wise man striving for perfection. (Bhagavad Gita, 2.60)
We should put our minds on things; they should not draw our
minds to them. We
are usually forced to concentrate. Our minds are forced to
become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot
resist. To control the mind, to place it just where we want it, requires
special training. It cannot be done in any other way. (The Complete Works of
Swami Vivekananda, 6.39)
The natural tendency of the mind is to run this way or that.
Through japa it is directed to God. (Holy Mother Sarada Devi)
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you
say, ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God! Who can bind me?’ free you shall be.
(Sri Ramakrishna)