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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6 · Verse 19

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः॥

yathā dīpo nivāta-stho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā, yogino yata-cittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ

A well-known image for a trained mind. Not motionless because nothing happens around it, but steady because it's learned not to flicker at every draft.

A steady mind is a lamp that doesn't flicker, even in the wind.