SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 25
sanaih sanair uparamed
buddhya dhrti-grhita ya
atma-samstham manah krtva
na kincid api cintayet

sanaih--gradually; sanaih--step by step; uparamet--one should hold back; buddhya--by intelligence; dhrti-grhitaya- -carried by conviction; atma-samstham- -placed in transcendence; manah--mind; krtva--making; na--not; kincit--anything else; api--even; cintayet--should think of.

TRANSLATION

Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence sustained by full conviction, and thus the mind should be fixed on the self alone and should think of nothing else.

JOURNAL:

Here is one of my favorite quotes by Srila Prabhupada on controlling the mind.

What is the use of controlling the mind? You have to chant and hear, that's all. You have to chant with your tongue, and the sound you hear, that's all. What is the question of mind?
(Morning Walk 3-2-75)