SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 17 Text 16
manah-prasadah saumyatvam
maunam atma-vinigrahah
bhava-samsuddhir ity etat
tapo manasam ucyate

manah-prasadah--satisfaction of the mind; saumyatvam--being without duplicity towards others; maunam--gravity; atma--of the self; vinigrahah--control; bhava--of one's nature; samsuddhih--purification; iti--thus; etat--this; tapah--austerity; manasam--of the mind; ucyate--is said to be.

TRANSLATION

And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one's existence are the austerities of the mind.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada begins his purport by explaining how to accomplish this mental state; To make the mind austere is to detach it from sense gratification. It should be so trained that it can be always thinking of doing good for others. The best training for the mind is gravity in thought. If I am serious (grave) about my thought life the rest of these good qualities will follow.