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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... virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth , the spiritual significance of 12 Stations of Wisdom ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1995 ) , p . 157 . The scriptural ...
... virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth , the spiritual significance of 12 Stations of Wisdom ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1995 ) , p . 157 . The scriptural ...
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... Virtues ” , come from Schuon's book Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts ( for bibliographical information , see p . 238-39 ) ; their style is reminiscent of the genre of “ centuries " found among the Orthodox fathers of The ...
... Virtues ” , come from Schuon's book Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts ( for bibliographical information , see p . 238-39 ) ; their style is reminiscent of the genre of “ centuries " found among the Orthodox fathers of The ...
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... virtue , and each thing can be good in its season . Nevertheless detachment must be realized ; otherwise man would have no right to a legitimate outwardness , and otherwise he would fall into a seductive outwardness and concupiscence ...
... virtue , and each thing can be good in its season . Nevertheless detachment must be realized ; otherwise man would have no right to a legitimate outwardness , and otherwise he would fall into a seductive outwardness and concupiscence ...
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... divine Self - Consciousness ; and it is of no importance whether we know it or not . We are what we are , and everything is in the hands of Providence . Synthesis Truth , Way , and Virtue : threefold is 3 Dimensions of Prayer.
... divine Self - Consciousness ; and it is of no importance whether we know it or not . We are what we are , and everything is in the hands of Providence . Synthesis Truth , Way , and Virtue : threefold is 3 Dimensions of Prayer.
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... Virtue : threefold is the Path From Earth to Heaven . First , discriminate Between Reality and Dream ; then pray : Invoke the Name and reach the Godhead's Gate . Then Virtue : for we must conform our selves To That which we believe ...
... Virtue : threefold is the Path From Earth to Heaven . First , discriminate Between Reality and Dream ; then pray : Invoke the Name and reach the Godhead's Gate . Then Virtue : for we must conform our selves To That which we believe ...
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