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If we fail to conquer the mind, we are trying to conquer so many things, empire, but if we fail to conquer our mind, then even you conquer an empire, that is a failure. His very mind will be the greatest enemy.
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[[Vanisource:690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeles|690215 - Lecture BG 06.06-12 - Los Angeles]]:
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Revatīnandana: "For he who has conquered his mind, it is the best of friends. But for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy." ([[Vanisource:BG 6.6 (1972)|BG 6.6]]) 

Prabhupāda: Yes. This mind . . . they're talking of the mind. The whole ''yoga'' system means to make the mind our friend. The mind in material contact . . . just like a person in drunkard condition, his mind is (indistinct). There is a nice verse in ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta'':

:''kṛṣṇa-bhuliya jiva bhoga vāñchā kare''
:''pasate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare''
:(''Prema-vivarta'')

The mind . . . I am spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As soon as the mind is contaminated, I rebel, because I have got little independence. "Why shall I serve Kṛṣṇa, or God? I am God." It is simply a dictation from the mind. And the whole situation turns: he's under false impression, illusion, and the whole life is spoiled. 

And who has failed to do so . . . if we fail to conquer the mind—we are trying to conquer so many things, empire—but if we fail to conquer our mind, then even we conquer an empire, that is a failure. "His very mind will be the greatest enemy." 

Go on.

Revatīnandana: "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man, happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same." ([[Vanisource:BG 6.7 (1972)|BG 6.7]])

Prabhupāda: Then? Go on.

Revatīnandana: "A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a ''yogī'', or mystic, when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything, whether it be pebbles, stones or gold, as the same." ([[Vanisource:BG 6.8 (1972)|BG 6.8]])

Prabhupāda: Yes. When the mind is in equilibrium, then this position comes: pebbles, stones or gold, the same value.