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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... insofar as man is man — that is , insofar as he accepts his nature as image and likeness of God , answers the divine call , and thus fulfills his obligation to worship , praise , and , under grace , participate in divine life . The man ...
... insofar as man is man — that is , insofar as he accepts his nature as image and likeness of God , answers the divine call , and thus fulfills his obligation to worship , praise , and , under grace , participate in divine life . The man ...
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... insofar as , we do pray that we can truly be said to exist , human exis- tence being derived , with or without our awareness , from the prior reality of prayer . Man's innermost being , and not just his personality or character , is in ...
... insofar as , we do pray that we can truly be said to exist , human exis- tence being derived , with or without our awareness , from the prior reality of prayer . Man's innermost being , and not just his personality or character , is in ...
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... insofar as it is experienced as suffering ; the world is its author insofar as the misfortune seeks 5 " Faith ( îmân ) is a confessing with the tongue , a verifying with the heart , and an act with the members " ( hadith ) . " He has ...
... insofar as it is experienced as suffering ; the world is its author insofar as the misfortune seeks 5 " Faith ( îmân ) is a confessing with the tongue , a verifying with the heart , and an act with the members " ( hadith ) . " He has ...
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... insofar as it seemingly enters into the domain of the Absolute1 and , on the other hand , to perceive the Absolute as it is reflected in the relative . Let it be said once again - since the context requires it — that the " pure Absolute ...
... insofar as it seemingly enters into the domain of the Absolute1 and , on the other hand , to perceive the Absolute as it is reflected in the relative . Let it be said once again - since the context requires it — that the " pure Absolute ...
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... insofar as we cannot and should not change it ; this attitude has to become second nature with us , since there is always something from which we cannot escape . Correlative to this attitude or virtue there is the compensating attitude ...
... insofar as we cannot and should not change it ; this attitude has to become second nature with us , since there is always something from which we cannot escape . Correlative to this attitude or virtue there is the compensating attitude ...
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