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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... by accomplishing the Good ; now the best of works is that which has God as its object and our heart as its agent , and this is the " remembrance of God " . The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; 1 Dimensions of Prayer.
... by accomplishing the Good ; now the best of works is that which has God as its object and our heart as its agent , and this is the " remembrance of God " . The essence of prayer is faith , hence certitude ; 1 Dimensions of Prayer.
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... object ; if God were its direct object , it would lose its specifically negative characteristics . Furthermore it does not contain within itself any principle of repose , for it excludes all consciousness of its own destitution . We ...
... object ; if God were its direct object , it would lose its specifically negative characteristics . Furthermore it does not contain within itself any principle of repose , for it excludes all consciousness of its own destitution . We ...
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... object , but not as to its cosmic significance ; were this not the case , the evil would end up being dissolved in knowledge . If Voltaire had foreseen the ills of the twen- tieth century , he would have become a Carthusian . A true ...
... object , but not as to its cosmic significance ; were this not the case , the evil would end up being dissolved in knowledge . If Voltaire had foreseen the ills of the twen- tieth century , he would have become a Carthusian . A true ...
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... object of intelligence is the Divinity , and the object of generosity is man , the neighbor . Generosity may be a matter of sentiment , just as intelligence may be a matter of thought , but intelligence unaccompanied by generosity ...
... object of intelligence is the Divinity , and the object of generosity is man , the neighbor . Generosity may be a matter of sentiment , just as intelligence may be a matter of thought , but intelligence unaccompanied by generosity ...
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Contents
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13 | |
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