But compared to most of my urban American contemporaries, I live a monastically simple life.

但是和大多数住在城市中的同时代的美国人相比，我则过着如僧侣般简朴的生活。

So think sitting quietly, monastically, lost in the act of religious worship.

所以想想静静地坐着， 像修道院一样，沉浸在宗教崇拜的行为中。