Caller: I'd like to know how much discipline is required to master meditation.

Sri Chinmoy: All the discipline that one can muster in one's own life. Discipline is a continuous process. In this process we make progress. It depends on how sincerely the individual has accepted the spiritual life. If he wants to become perfect, then he has to discipline not only his body, vital and mind but also his entire life, totally. But if he wants to derive only a little satisfaction from life, a little bit of peace from life, then he does not have to go through this total self discipline. It entirely depends on how much the seeker needs from his inner life.

From:Sri Chinmoy,The inner world and the outer world, Agni Press, 1988
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