The mind is the cause of bondage to matter, and the origin of lust, anger, pride, etc.
The mind is the origin of lust, anger, pride, greed, sorrow, delusion, and fear; all these tendencies combine to enslave the being to self-interested action. The mind is the original cause of bondage to matter, and many of our enemies accompany it, such as anger, pride, greed, sorrow, delusion, and fear.
The best way to always remain master of the mind is to absorb it in Krishna consciousness. And since the evil tendencies that escort the mind chain us to matter, we should be very careful not to put our trust in it, for it is both our best friend and our worst enemy.
Man no longer wants to suffer, but if he does not listen to God or receive divine teaching, how can he put an end to it?
God's word and teaching are the pure essence of attaining true freedom, permanent happiness, absolute peace, and the assurance of living eternally with the Lord.
Morality is the basic principle of all purification. One cannot purify oneself unless one knows what is moral and what is not, and can distinguish good from evil.
Morality offers us the means to escape the clutches of greed, anger, and lust. We then gain access to virtue, from which we can reach the spiritual plane.
Morality gives access to tolerance, or the art of recognizing in others their rightful place and the importance they deserve.
Morality allows us to understand that revenge is the preserve of the weak and the devil's justification. It allows us to understand that atheism, nationalism, capitalism, and materialism are, in reality, the sources of wickedness and perdition. They are the vehicles of inequality, injustice, irreligion, enslavement, hatred, racism, inequity, bias, indifference, intolerance, and insensitivity.
The strong man is one who walks with God, who controls his emotions, who rejects evil in all its forms, and who anchors good in his mind and heart. His thoughts, words, and actions are directed solely toward good.
There is no resurrection of material bodies; this is a lie of Satan.
As long as the incarnate spiritual being remains distant from God, severs the bond that unites him with the Supreme Lord, and refuses to obey Him, seeking only the pleasure of his senses while plunging into unrestrained materialism, he will remain in ignorance of God, of his true existence, and of his real identity. He is then said to be plunged into forgetfulness. He will only know death, even if he lives, because changing material bodies plunges the incarnate spiritual being into forgetfulness, and forgetfulness is death.