The Easiest Way to Control the Mind

Question: Kindly suggest some method of controlling the mind which an ordinary person like me can adopt.

Swami Sri Sivananda: Japa of the Lord's Name is the best for you, and for the vast majority of mankind. Steadily increase the time devoted to Japa and meditation. At the same time, cultivate Vairagya (dispassion). Pranayama also will help to a great extent. The combined method --- synthesis of Jaoa, Dyana, Pranayama, cultivation of virtues and eradication of vices --- is the best. (pg. 50, Conquest of Mind)