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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... essential method of the spiritual life - prayer . His exposition of the dimensions and depths of prayer is traditional in the strictest sense , yet by no means confined to archaic forms . New readers will discover what experienced ones ...
... essential method of the spiritual life - prayer . His exposition of the dimensions and depths of prayer is traditional in the strictest sense , yet by no means confined to archaic forms . New readers will discover what experienced ones ...
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... he is the pre - eminent exponent of the Perennial Philosophy . His work illuminates this perspective in both an essential and comprehensive manner like none other . Books by Frithjof Schuon The Transcendent Unity of Religions Spiritual.
... he is the pre - eminent exponent of the Perennial Philosophy . His work illuminates this perspective in both an essential and comprehensive manner like none other . Books by Frithjof Schuon The Transcendent Unity of Religions Spiritual.
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... Schuon The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon , ed . Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Fullness of God : Frithjof Schuon on Christianity , ed . James S. Cutsinger Prayer Fashions Man Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life Selected.
... Schuon The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon , ed . Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Fullness of God : Frithjof Schuon on Christianity , ed . James S. Cutsinger Prayer Fashions Man Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life Selected.
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... essential Christian truths , nor with his having a special affinity for the Christian East and the Hesychast method of prayer . " Being a priori a metaphysi- cian , " he wrote , " I have had since my youth a particular interest in ...
... essential Christian truths , nor with his having a special affinity for the Christian East and the Hesychast method of prayer . " Being a priori a metaphysi- cian , " he wrote , " I have had since my youth a particular interest in ...
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... essential and what is absolute , " he said , " you want to assimilate it ; otherwise one is a hypocrite . . . . We may think that God is God : Brahma satyam . But it is not enough to think it ; we must assimilate it - we must ' eat ' it ...
... essential and what is absolute , " he said , " you want to assimilate it ; otherwise one is a hypocrite . . . . We may think that God is God : Brahma satyam . But it is not enough to think it ; we must assimilate it - we must ' eat ' it ...
Contents
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Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements | 29 |
Modes of Prayer | 57 |
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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