For him, as for all the Hesychast masters, the essential thing is not the external control of the breathing but the inner and secret Invocation of the Lord Jesus.

• ?他而言，正如?所有静修者的导师一样，耶稣祷文的本质并不在于外在地控制呼吸，而是在内心隐秘地呼求主耶稣。