Control Of the Tongue

The soul is active and similarly the senses; their nature is to be active and of all the senses, Thakura Bhaktivinoda prayed that, the tongue is the most difficult to control. We have seen someone who is celibate, who is fasting, who is living such an austere life not allowing any of his senses to go anywhere but that person often times is very eager to find faults in others. The tongue is very, very difficult to control, and there are two ways in controlling the tongue. One is eating only Krsna’s Prasad; that prasad purifies your tongue at the beginning; Prabhupada said you eat as much as you like but after some time your tongue should be purified where you have the determination to eat what you need to perform your service nicely. And the other function of the tongue besides tasting is vibrating, we should not speak material subjects, we should not be unchaste, we shouldn’t talk create pollution in the atmosphere; we should not exploit others; we should speak what is positive to the service of the Lord and that is the glorification of the Lord.

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