The
most effective discipline that one can adopt to attain the highest
goal in life is the control and conquest of five senses. The eye
ever seeks the vile, just as a motorist views an ugly advertisement,
not withstanding the danger to his own life. The ear craves for
scandal and salacious stuff; it does not persuade you to attend
discourses that will help you in spiritual development. When someone pours abuse on another, the two ears attain maximum
concentration. To avoid the errors and evils that the eyes,
ears, the tongue, the mind and the hands can commit, they must be
held in check so that they may not ruin the mind as well as the body
of the person.
-Divine Discourse,
20 Mar 1977 .