Q : Kindly explain how one can obtain a calm and peaceful state of mind.?

A : You know now that our mind can store or enjoy pain, pleasure, peace and ecstasy. These are the four stages. Whatever you want you can be in that state. Until you practice, that pain and pleasure may come automatically because of perceptions due to atmospheric and environmental conditions. But peace and ecstasy may not c...ome automatically. You can understand peace rightly only when you bring your mind to a calm state. Now if you get peaceful state now and then or several times what are you thinking? You are more likely to think:- "Oh! I am sitting quietly, It is boring. Let me go somewhere". So you are disturbing the peace because you do not know the value of peace and how to use the peace. Now the meditation helps you in introspection, understanding the things in calm state of mind. So daily when you are getting time you are increasing your knowledge, developing your personality. Like that the whole life time is moralized