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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... Trials and Happiness Spiritual Perspectives V 6. What Sincerity Is and Is Not Spiritual Perspectives VI 25 55 23 89 95 107 113 7. Dimensions of the Human Vocation Spiritual Perspectives VII 119 125 8. Microcosm and Symbol 139 Spiritual ...
... Trials and Happiness Spiritual Perspectives V 6. What Sincerity Is and Is Not Spiritual Perspectives VI 25 55 23 89 95 107 113 7. Dimensions of the Human Vocation Spiritual Perspectives VII 119 125 8. Microcosm and Symbol 139 Spiritual ...
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... trials and 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 ...
... trials and 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 ...
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... 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 " sent by God ...
... 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 " sent by God ...
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... Trials , which are sent by God , have an analogous function , though it is in a sense the inverse , since the ... trial ; it is the criterion of sincerity ( sidq ) . The annoyances or adversities that come to man always have three ...
... Trials , which are sent by God , have an analogous function , though it is in a sense the inverse , since the ... trial ; it is the criterion of sincerity ( sidq ) . The annoyances or adversities that come to man always have three ...
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... trial . The same thing is true mutatis mutandis of happy events : we can never say they do not come from God , or that they do not come from the cosmic surroundings , or that they do not result from our own nature . These events are ...
... trial . The same thing is true mutatis mutandis of happy events : we can never say they do not come from God , or that they do not come from the cosmic surroundings , or that they do not result from our own nature . These events are ...
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