Unless the mind is also controlled, we are not out of the woods. The two must go hand in hand for success to be achieved. Cravings,desires, hatred, fear, anger, etc., are all deep-rooted habits formed in the chitta or the subconscious mind. When the vritti arises, we should endeavor not to act upon it but to let it drop back into the citta itself. At the same time, we should discover and deal with the real cause.
Cravings give birth to evil actions.
When God is seen thus, even roots of cravings die. The world and its pleasures will then lose the glamour that tempts the worldly man and repels the ascetic. They will drop away as valueless factors in the life of a sage of steady wisdom. The mind and even the senses will seek only God and rest in him. It is then that one becomes a true devotee, directing the functions of all his senses and mind towards the realization of God's indwelling omnipresence.