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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... holy Name of God , and thus calm the agitated mind . To this universal rule apply thyself with all thy heart and all thy soul . Shri Shankaracharya The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys ...
... holy Name of God , and thus calm the agitated mind . To this universal rule apply thyself with all thy heart and all thy soul . Shri Shankaracharya The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys ...
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... or she was created to be , chosen " before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and blameless before Him " ( Ephesians 1 : 4 ) . Philip Zaleski INTRODUCTION The title of this book deserves careful thought , xiii Foreword.
... or she was created to be , chosen " before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and blameless before Him " ( Ephesians 1 : 4 ) . Philip Zaleski INTRODUCTION The title of this book deserves careful thought , xiii Foreword.
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... holy silence " , man being " made in the image of God " . The same is true of our bodily substance - or more precisely our consciousness of this substance - actualized in perfect immobility : 2 Purusha and Prakriti at the level of Being ...
... holy silence " , man being " made in the image of God " . The same is true of our bodily substance - or more precisely our consciousness of this substance - actualized in perfect immobility : 2 Purusha and Prakriti at the level of Being ...
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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