Be always in the company of devotees of God. Through this Sathsang (good
company), Viveka (discrimination) and Vairagya (detachment) will be inculcated
in you. These qualities will strengthen the spirit and endow you with inner
peace. If the mind is subdued, that alone is enough; it is not then necessary
to conquer the external senses. If the mind has no attachment to the sense
objects, the senses have nothing to cling on to and they become powerless;
likes and dislikes are both starved out of existence. The bonds with the
objective world are cut, though the senses may still be affected by it. For him
who has been blessed by the awareness of the Atma, how can anything worldly
bring grief or joy?
