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Conquest of Mind
''Conquest of Mind'' is a book that describes practices and strategies for leading the spiritual life. Written by Eknath Easwaran, the strategies are intended to be usable within any major religious tradition, or outside of all traditions. The book was originally published in the United States in 1988. Multiple revised English-language editions have been published, and translations have also appeared in several other European and Asian languages.〔 name=PUBPAGEforeign>(Non-US editions of Nilgiri Press Books ) accessed 12 October 2012.〕 The book has been reviewed in newspapers〔 name=hindu99/>〔 name=ramanujachary04/>〔 name=stpierre02/> and magazines.〔 name=coff89/>〔 name=quest89/>〔 name=riccitelli89/>
==Background==
When Easwaran wrote ''Conquest of Mind'' in 1988, he had been teaching meditation in the US for almost 30 years, and had already published a book, ''Meditation'' (1978), that systematically explained the details of his method of meditation. This earlier book had briefly described the importance of training the mind as a key part of meditation.〔 name=trainpm>The book that describes Easwaran's full 8-point program of spiritual disciplines, originally published as ''Meditation'' (1978), states that "Meditation is... a systematic technique for taking hold of and concentrating to the utmost degree our latent mental power. It consists in training the mind, especiallythe attention and will..." (pp. 9-10 in 1978 edition; p.20 in 2008 edition). The book has a section header called "training the mind" (p. 118 in 1978 edition; p. 119 in 2008 edition), and in explaining Point 6, entitled "training the senses," the book states that "training the senses means training the mind as well" (p. 162 in 1978 edition; p. 160 in 2008 edition).〕〔 name=trainmh>Similarly, another book that described Easwaran's 8-point program, originally published as the ''Mantram Handbook'' (1977), had a brief section that included statements such as "Control of the mind is something that has never occurred to most of us; to some it may even sound cold or rigid.... But when we learn to control the mind, to slow down its feverish pace, to welcome those thoughts we approve of and dismiss those that are negative, we will find what a sense of mastery this brings..... We can all have such control over the mind that calmness becomes our natural state...." (pp. 45-46 in 1977 edition; pp. 71-72 in 2008 edition). In later editions, these paragraphs were preceded by a section-header entitled "the well-trained mind" (p. 71 in 2008 edition).〕 In ''Conquest of Mind'', Easwaran provides a much more extensive discussion of how his program can be used to train the mind, and the importance of training the mind.
In his introduction to ''Conquest of Mind'', Easwaran quotes the Buddha's statement that "All that we are... is the result of what we have thought."〔''Conquest of Mind'' (2010 US edition).〕〔"All that we are is the result of what we have thought" is the opening verse of the Buddha's ''Dhammapada'', as translated by Easwaran (see article) (p. 107, 2007 edition).〕 Therefore, Easwaran says, "nothing... can be more important than being able to choose the way we think."〔 And so, he explains,
Later, he explains that "This is not a book about the Buddha or his teachings, yet I will mention him often in these pages () no one teaches more clearly that mastery of life depends on mastering the mind."〔
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