As It Is

From Patricia: At a retreat led by Theravada Buddhist Monk, Ajahn Sumedho, the Abbot of Amaravati Monastery in England, a small group of us were speaking with him during the tea break.  Someone asked him if he would recommend a mantra to be used in daily life. (The repetition of or meditation on a particular mantra is suggested to induce a trancelike state in the participant and lead him or her to a higher level of spiritual awareness.) 

Ajahn Sumedho replied, “I will give you the only mantra you will ever need: ‘This is the way it is’.”