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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Page xi
... practice . Crucial to Schuon's exposition in The Transcendent Unity of Religions is the central importance that he accords to prayer . He concludes his study by speaking of prayer's role in " perfecting the natural participation of the ...
... practice . Crucial to Schuon's exposition in The Transcendent Unity of Religions is the central importance that he accords to prayer . He concludes his study by speaking of prayer's role in " perfecting the natural participation of the ...
Page xvii
... practice . " Even if our writings had on average no other result than the restitution for some of the saving barque that is prayer , " he once explained , " we would owe it to God to consider ourselves profoundly satisfied . " 5 Whether ...
... practice . " Even if our writings had on average no other result than the restitution for some of the saving barque that is prayer , " he once explained , " we would owe it to God to consider ourselves profoundly satisfied . " 5 Whether ...
Page xxii
... practice include the Jesus Prayer in Christianity , the method of dhikr in Islam , the nembutsu in Pure Land Buddhism , and the various forms of japa - yoga in Hinduism , where the Names of Krishna and Rama can be found among a variety ...
... practice include the Jesus Prayer in Christianity , the method of dhikr in Islam , the nembutsu in Pure Land Buddhism , and the various forms of japa - yoga in Hinduism , where the Names of Krishna and Rama can be found among a variety ...
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... practice between an idea and its spiritual exploita- tion ; they did not separate theory from realization : hence the word " love " as a way of indicating all conformity to divine Truth . He who has faith acts as if he were in the ...
... practice between an idea and its spiritual exploita- tion ; they did not separate theory from realization : hence the word " love " as a way of indicating all conformity to divine Truth . He who has faith acts as if he were in the ...
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... practices any role other than that of a quite contingent , preparatory means - there is nothing nobler than suf- fering ; this is the doctrine of ascetics and martyrs because it is the doctrine of Christ : " And he that taketh not his ...
... practices any role other than that of a quite contingent , preparatory means - there is nothing nobler than suf- fering ; this is the doctrine of ascetics and martyrs because it is the doctrine of Christ : " And he that taketh not his ...
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