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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... suffering : " Clearly what matters is not that man should suffer , but that he should think of God . " This sort of penetrating , practical insight reaches its apotheosis in the lengthy appendix , drawn from Schuon's letters , memoirs ...
... suffering : " Clearly what matters is not that man should suffer , but that he should think of God . " This sort of penetrating , practical insight reaches its apotheosis in the lengthy appendix , drawn from Schuon's letters , memoirs ...
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... suffering , ontological levels in man and the cosmos , the relationship between method and grace , the interpen- etration of knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility ...
... suffering , ontological levels in man and the cosmos , the relationship between method and grace , the interpen- etration of knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility ...
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... suffering , " trial " , thus becomes the criterion of our real attachment to immutable , divine Truth , that is , of the integral and fundamental nature of our adherence . In relationship to this function , the trial is essentially ...
... suffering , " trial " , thus becomes the criterion of our real attachment to immutable , divine Truth , that is , of the integral and fundamental nature of our adherence . In relationship to this function , the trial is essentially ...
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... 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 the greatest perfection in faith ...
... 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 the greatest perfection in faith ...
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... suffering does not necessarily have the character of a trial ; the impious man may suffer , but in his case there is nothing spiritual to be tested . According to Meister Eckhart - who was nevertheless far from attributing to ascetic ...
... suffering does not necessarily have the character of a trial ; the impious man may suffer , but in his case there is nothing spiritual to be tested . According to Meister Eckhart - who was nevertheless far from attributing to ascetic ...
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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