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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... necessary to know that " the soul is not other than Brahma " . This second truth reminds us that we are able , if our nature allows it , to tend toward the Supreme Principle not only in an intellectual mode , but also in an existential ...
... necessary to know that " the soul is not other than Brahma " . This second truth reminds us that we are able , if our nature allows it , to tend toward the Supreme Principle not only in an intellectual mode , but also in an existential ...
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... necessary form of darkness is passive , and it never destroys continuity of judgment or humility ; it 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 ...
... necessary form of darkness is passive , and it never destroys continuity of judgment or humility ; it 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 ...
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... necessary or useful , but also of symbolic gestures . All this enters into a psychoso- matic alchemy of which the spiritual traditions of the East afford us many examples , and of which the Christian liturgies offer echoes . The visual ...
... necessary or useful , but also of symbolic gestures . All this enters into a psychoso- matic alchemy of which the spiritual traditions of the East afford us many examples , and of which the Christian liturgies offer echoes . The visual ...
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... necessary to penetrate the language of Buddhist beauty as it appears in the sacramental image of the Buddha or in such features as the " Flower Sermon " .3 The aesthetic function of intelligence - if we may call it that for lack of a ...
... necessary to penetrate the language of Buddhist beauty as it appears in the sacramental image of the Buddha or in such features as the " Flower Sermon " .3 The aesthetic function of intelligence - if we may call it that for lack of a ...
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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