Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 216

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

śrī bhagavān uvāca asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano dur-nigrahaṃ calam | abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate || 35 || The Blessed Lord said: 35. The mind is undoubtedly hard to subdue and fickle, O mighty-armed one, but, O son of Kunti, by repeated practice and by the exercise of dispassion it can be brought under control. Commentary No doubt, the mind is fickle and hard to subdue, however, it can be subdued with difficulty by cultivating a favourable attitude towards the ātman by repeated contemplation of its being a repository of auspicious attributes [these being eternity, self luminosity, bliss, freedom from Karma, purity etc.], and by the avoiding the [sensual] hankering produced, by reflecting upon the magnitude of negativity in [material] objects.