В рождестве девство сохранила еси, во успении мира не оставила еси, Богородице, преставилася еси к животу, Мати сущи Живота, и молитвами Твоими избавляеши от смерти души наша.
It is unfortunate that there is widespread confusion, not to mention delusion, in the inexperienced, whereby the Jesus Prayer is thought to be equivalent to yoga in Buddhism, or 'transcendental meditation', and other such Eastern exotica. Any similarity, however, is mostly external, and any inner convergence does not rise beyond the natural 'anatomy' of the human soul.
