The scholar was reticent, aloof, and meditative. 这位学者寡言少语、离群索居而且总在沉思。
He is a meditative story-teller or romancer. 他是个善于深入思考的故事家。
A stupid fellow is talkative;a wise man is meditative. 蠢人饶舌,智者思虑。
The meditative response in which he performs them gives him that vital loosening and equability of all his powers, that collectedness and presence of mind, without which no right work can be done. 虽然形式不是修行的目的,有时候他们对修行是很有帮助的。作者有一段对修行仪式的解释也非常到位。