DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS of the JESUS PRAYER

1) Invocation of the NAME of Jesus

2) Prayer for mercy: PENTHOS -  (sorrow, mourning, compunction)

3) Discipline of: CONSTANT REPETITION 

4) IMAGELESS / NON-ICONIC 

To these defining characteristics can be added other prominent themes:

A) Bring the MIND (nous) into the HEART (kardia)

B) Vision of the Divine LIGHT

C) Physical Techniques in 14^th century ATHOS

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