Author: David Schwarm
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Joshu Examines a Monk in Meditation
Joshu went to a place were a monk had retired to meditate and asked him: `What is, is what?’ The monk raised his fist. Joshu replied: `Ships cannot remain where the water is too shallow.’ And he left. A few days later Joshu went again to visit the monk and asked the same question. The…
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Abba Isaiah the Solitary
When you pray to God in time of temptation do not say, ‘Take this or that away from me’, but pray like this: ‘O Jesus Christ, sovereign Master, help me and do not let me sin against Thee. . .’
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RASL #11
I picked this up at Alakazam. I read it at home. Slow. This story is still moving just so slow–and to learn that it is being made into a movie, just really takes a whole lot of the fun out of it. I mean really, it all feels like a plan from the start–Jeff Smith…
