Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual LifeIn this newly revised English translation from the French, including a comprehensive glossary, this volume surveys the enormous range of Schuon's writngs on prayer and spiritual life. |
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... by accomplishing the Good ; now the best of works is that which has God as its object and our heart as its agent , and this is the " remembrance of God " . The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; 1 Dimensions of Prayer.
... by accomplishing the Good ; now the best of works is that which has God as its object and our heart as its agent , and this is the " remembrance of God " . The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; 1 Dimensions of Prayer.
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Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life Frithjof Schuon James S. Cutsinger. The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; man manifests it precisely by speech , or appeal , addressed to the Sovereign Good . Prayer , or invocation ...
Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life Frithjof Schuon James S. Cutsinger. The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; man manifests it precisely by speech , or appeal , addressed to the Sovereign Good . Prayer , or invocation ...
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... of a love that pierced through appearances to the infinite Essence of all beauty . An analogous example is that of the role of Beatrice in the life of Dante . The negation of pleasure , of the world , of 9 Spiritual Perspectives I.
... of a love that pierced through appearances to the infinite Essence of all beauty . An analogous example is that of the role of Beatrice in the life of Dante . The negation of pleasure , of the world , of 9 Spiritual Perspectives I.
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... qualities of nobility and contemplative penetration , of intuition of the universal essences . * * The fact that spiritual causes can engender darkness in no 10 Prayer Fashions Man : Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life.
... qualities of nobility and contemplative penetration , of intuition of the universal essences . * * The fact that spiritual causes can engender darkness in no 10 Prayer Fashions Man : Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life.
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... Essence of Essences " or Beyond - Being ; as for the relative , it includes both Being and its central reflection in the world , and then the world itself ; Being — or the personal God , the Creator - is the " relative Absolute " , if ...
... Essence of Essences " or Beyond - Being ; as for the relative , it includes both Being and its central reflection in the world , and then the world itself ; Being — or the personal God , the Creator - is the " relative Absolute " , if ...
Contents
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Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements | 29 |
Modes of Prayer | 57 |
1 | 71 |
Spiritual Perspectives IV | 77 |
Trials and Happiness | 89 |
Spiritual Perspectives V | 95 |
Microcosm and Symbol | 139 |
Meditation | 157 |
A Sampling of Letters | 183 |
Editors Notes | 209 |
Sources | 237 |
Index | 253 |
Biographical Notes | 267 |
Dimensions of the Human Vocation | 119 |
Common terms and phrases
absolute according Amitabha analogy appears Arabic aspect attitude beauty become Brahma Buddha Buddhist certitude charity Christ Christian consciousness contemplation cosmic divine Name doctrine editor's note esoterism Essence Evagrius Ponticus everything evil existence expression fact faith Frithjof Schuon gnosis grace heart Heaven Hesychasts Hindu Hinduism holy human humility Ibn Arabi implies individual infinite initiatic insofar Intellect intelligence inverse invocation Islam Jesus Jesus Prayer knowledge Luke Macarius of Egypt manifestation Matt Mâyâ means meditation Meister Eckhart Mercy metaphysical microcosm mode Muslim mystical nature neighbor note for Ch note for Spiritual nothingness object oneself ourselves outward Perennial Philosophy perfect Philokalia plane point of view possible pray pride Principle priori pure reality realization reason religion sacred Saint Sanskrit sense sincerity soul speak Spiritual Perspectives Sufi Sufism Sûrah symbol things thou tion tive traditional transcendence true truth union universal unto virtue words World Wisdom Books