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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... Truth underlying the diverse religions . This Truth , often referred to as the Sophia Perennis - or Perennial Wisdom - finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as in the writings of the great sages and the artistic ...
... Truth underlying the diverse religions . This Truth , often referred to as the Sophia Perennis - or Perennial Wisdom - finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as in the writings of the great sages and the artistic ...
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... truth Schuon has put in the forefront of his teaching . Hence the importance of this landmark compendium of writings on prayer , skillfully assembled by James S. Cutsinger from the vast range of Schuon's published and unpublished work ...
... truth Schuon has put in the forefront of his teaching . Hence the importance of this landmark compendium of writings on prayer , skillfully assembled by James S. Cutsinger from the vast range of Schuon's published and unpublished work ...
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... Truth , whether we have a direct intuition of that Truth or an indirect idea " ; or his dismissal of the cult of suffering : " Clearly what matters is not that man should suffer , but that he should think of God . " This sort of ...
... Truth , whether we have a direct intuition of that Truth or an indirect idea " ; or his dismissal of the cult of suffering : " Clearly what matters is not that man should suffer , but that he should think of God . " This sort of ...
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... truth of the matter is just the opposite . Is it not man who fashions prayer ? Prayer is an act , and human beings ... truth , refusing out of pride or despair to call upon Heaven , has only to consult that most dazzling of proofs which ...
... truth of the matter is just the opposite . Is it not man who fashions prayer ? Prayer is an act , and human beings ... truth , refusing out of pride or despair to call upon Heaven , has only to consult that most dazzling of proofs which ...
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... truths , nor with his having a special affinity for the Christian East and the Hesychast method of prayer . " Being a ... Truth , which he vari- ously referred to as the sophia perennis or philosophia perennis , that is , the " perennial ...
... truths , nor with his having a special affinity for the Christian East and the Hesychast method of prayer . " Being a ... Truth , which he vari- ously referred to as the sophia perennis or philosophia perennis , that is , the " perennial ...
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