Sublime

'O my soul, the time I trust will be, when thou shalt be good, simple, more open and visible, than that body by which it is enclosed;'

damyata datta dayadhvam, “Be self-controlled, give, be compassionate.” This passage, boiled down as it is to three potent syllables, da – da – da, caught the imagination of T. S. Eliot; more to the point, it has helped countless seekers down the ages to orient their lives to the supreme goal.

Martin Laird, O.S.A., “Continually Breathe Jesus Christ: Stillness and Watchfulness in the Philokalia,” Communio 34 (2007): 243–263.