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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... aspect - can be a revealing testimony as to who or what we really are . Others may respond less with surprise than a ready acceptance . Of course prayer fashions man , they will say . More than a mono- logue , as unbelievers suppose ...
... aspect - can be a revealing testimony as to who or what we really are . Others may respond less with surprise than a ready acceptance . Of course prayer fashions man , they will say . More than a mono- logue , as unbelievers suppose ...
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... aspect , puts himself into the required state of readiness in order that the miracle of intellection might be accomplished ; now this state of readiness essentially implies faith and therefore also the virtues that express and nourish ...
... aspect , puts himself into the required state of readiness in order that the miracle of intellection might be accomplished ; now this state of readiness essentially implies faith and therefore also the virtues that express and nourish ...
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... aspect of suffering that made it possible for Buddhism as well to be founded on the experience of distress.8 Other ... aspect of nobility or limitlessness can by definition be a vehicle for spiritual development . 6 " And We shall test ...
... aspect of suffering that made it possible for Buddhism as well to be founded on the experience of distress.8 Other ... aspect of nobility or limitlessness can by definition be a vehicle for spiritual development . 6 " And We shall test ...
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... aspect of the question , which is that of symbolic content . Mental activity is capable not only of thought but also of imagination , thus of visualizing a symbolic form ; in like manner , the spirit is sensitive not only to concepts ...
... aspect of the question , which is that of symbolic content . Mental activity is capable not only of thought but also of imagination , thus of visualizing a symbolic form ; in like manner , the spirit is sensitive not only to concepts ...
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... aspects of the real ; it would be impossible to insist too often on the importance of the " visual " or " aesthetic " function of the intellective faculty . We are faced in reality , on the one hand , with what is determined in advance ...
... aspects of the real ; it would be impossible to insist too often on the importance of the " visual " or " aesthetic " function of the intellective faculty . We are faced in reality , on the one hand , with what is determined in advance ...
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