| シスター･メアリー･キャサリン（アメリカ出身メリノール修道会） |
 腑に落ちたのです。ジョン･メインの生涯がシスター･メアリー･キャサリンの心の琴線に響いたのです。ジョン･メインは探求者でした、そしてシスター･メアリー･キャサリンも探求者でした。そしてジョン･メインへをこのマントラの祈りへと導きいれたのはヒンズー教の僧侶でした、つまり東洋から西洋へと伝わったのでした。シスターは大変深い関心をもち、それが有効であると思いました。にしてもそれは修練です−−その努力の甲斐はありますけど。 |
| Sister Mary Catherine: |
| When I found out that a Catholic sister practices
what looked to me like zazen that they call
Christian meditation, I had to ask, "Why
did you get into this particular form of
prayer?" Perhaps the bluntness of the question arrested her thinking for a moment, but only a moment. She immediately began to purse her lips to say that "WELLLL!" which only elderly women headmasters who know precisely what they are doing say when they are about to tell a self-conceited young student to mind his own business. But what came out of her mouth was, "It made sense." It made sense--the tale of John Main's life story struck a chord in the heart of Sr. Mary Catherine. John Main was a seeker, and so was Sr. Mary Catherine. And John Main's introduction to this mantra prayer came through a Hindu monk, came from the East to the West. Sister was intrigued and found it helpful. But it is work--worth the effort. |