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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... according to its intention ; it is obvious that in prayer there must be no intention tainted with ambition of any kind ; it must be pure of all worldly vanity , on pain of provoking the Wrath of Heaven . Wholehearted prayer not only ...
... according to its intention ; it is obvious that in prayer there must be no intention tainted with ambition of any kind ; it must be pure of all worldly vanity , on pain of provoking the Wrath of Heaven . Wholehearted prayer not only ...
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... according to the Hesychasts Barsanuphius and John , " continual prayer measures itself against ' apathy ' . " 2 This is the credo ut intelligam of Saint Anselm . 3 This saying of the Prophet is considered the very definition of Sufism ...
... according to the Hesychasts Barsanuphius and John , " continual prayer measures itself against ' apathy ' . " 2 This is the credo ut intelligam of Saint Anselm . 3 This saying of the Prophet is considered the very definition of Sufism ...
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... According to the point of view adopted , we may take into consideration one or another of these causes , but we cannot deny any of them . Man is the author of his misfortune insofar as it is experienced as suffering ; the world is its ...
... According to the point of view adopted , we may take into consideration one or another of these causes , but we cannot deny any of them . Man is the author of his misfortune insofar as it is experienced as suffering ; the world is its ...
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... According to Meister Eckhart - who was nevertheless far from attributing to ascetic practices any role other than that of a quite contingent , preparatory means - there is nothing nobler than suf- fering ; this is the doctrine of ...
... According to Meister Eckhart - who was nevertheless far from attributing to ascetic practices any role other than that of a quite contingent , preparatory means - there is nothing nobler than suf- fering ; this is the doctrine of ...
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... According to the Sufis mental passion must be ranked as one of the associations with Satan , like other forms of passional " idolatry " ; it cannot directly have God for its object ; if God were its direct object , it would lose its ...
... According to the Sufis mental passion must be ranked as one of the associations with Satan , like other forms of passional " idolatry " ; it cannot directly have God for its object ; if God were its direct object , it would lose its ...
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 |
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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