Practice Repeatedly

[Paramhamsa Vani]

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!

Arjuna has put one question to Krishna,

cancalam hi manah krishna, pramathi balavad dhrdam
tasyaaham nigraham manye, vaayor iva su duskaram
 
“The mind is very restless; it is very difficult to control this mind even more than the wind. It is so difficult to control; how can I control this mind?”

asamsayam maha-baho, mano durnigraham calam
abhyasena tu kaunteya, vairagyena ca grhyate

“Yes, I admit that mind is restless. But it cannot be controlled by your efforts. It can be controlled by abhyasena–repeatedly, you have to concentrate your mind on the object of worship. But those previous bad deeds, previous impressions will misdirect you to other places. Try to meditate on Krishna.”

Unknowingly, your mind has gone to some other places–Maui and some other places–New York. ‘Oho, I have contemplated to concentrate on my object of worship and my mind has gone to some other place.’ Again you will try; again your mind will go. Because after lakhs of births you have got previous impressions in the store of your mind. When you meditate, these thing will come out. But gradually, that will go. You have to perform abhyasena; abhyasena means repeatedly. When a boy tries to walk, he falls down several times, but that boy does not stop trying. He tries to stand and ultimately, he can stand. So, you have to go on. Without penance, without sadhana, nobody can get the object of worship. And vairagya–we should have indifference and abnegation toward the temperory things of the world; non-attachment. The real meaning of vairagya is:
visaya vinivartante, niraharasya dehinah
rasa-varjam raso apy asya, param dristva nivartate
If you have got love for, attachment to God–Supreme Lord, Who is all-bliss, automatically your attachment toward this world is removed. It is the positive side of vairagya and you have to perform this sadhana–repeatedly you must try.

---Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj