One cogent scene in this powerful and inspiring film [Baraka] shows people in Tokyo amid the hustle and bustle of going to work, to school, and home. But in the middle of all this frantic coming and going walks an extraordinary monk completely absorbed in the Now of his extremely slow meditation walk. He rings a bell and holds a begging bowl. He never looks left or right, but concentrates on meditation through his simple act of walking with awareness. This monk, in his own way, is reclaiming the precious spiritual reality of time. He is restoring its original quality, its timeless nature. We must do the same in our spiritual lives by giving time its proper place as the container and guardian of our mystical journey.
— Wayne Teasdale, A Monk in the World