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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... gives shape to a dune or a valley - so do a man's prayers , faithfully and persistently repeated over the course of his life , come in time to transform the substance of his soul , eliminating the faults in his character , provid- ing ...
... gives shape to a dune or a valley - so do a man's prayers , faithfully and persistently repeated over the course of his life , come in time to transform the substance of his soul , eliminating the faults in his character , provid- ing ...
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... give the reader some sense of the range and variety of Schuon's writings on prayer and the spiri- tual life , though the full scope of his doctrine on these momentous subjects can by no means be covered in a single volume . In a sense ...
... give the reader some sense of the range and variety of Schuon's writings on prayer and the spiri- tual life , though the full scope of his doctrine on these momentous subjects can by no means be covered in a single volume . In a sense ...
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... give us this day our daily bread , and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors " ( Matt . 6 : 9 , 11-13 ; cf. Luke 11 : 2 , 3-4 ) ; and in the Muslim Fâtihah : “ Thee ( alone ) do we worship ; Thee ( alone ) do we ask for help ...
... give us this day our daily bread , and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors " ( Matt . 6 : 9 , 11-13 ; cf. Luke 11 : 2 , 3-4 ) ; and in the Muslim Fâtihah : “ Thee ( alone ) do we worship ; Thee ( alone ) do we ask for help ...
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... gives " solidity " to the spiritual life , providing seekers of every aptitude with that greatest of boons , which is to have arrived at the goal even while one is still in the midst of the journey . In Schuon's words : All great ...
... gives " solidity " to the spiritual life , providing seekers of every aptitude with that greatest of boons , which is to have arrived at the goal even while one is still in the midst of the journey . In Schuon's words : All great ...
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... gives rise to suffering but not to error ; it could not tarnish the life of a saint . Man has a right to grief but never to sin : to lack light is a different thing from putting out the light one already has . 2 Fundamental Keys ...
... gives rise to suffering but not to error ; it could not tarnish the life of a saint . Man has a right to grief but never to sin : to lack light is a different thing from putting out the light one already has . 2 Fundamental Keys ...
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