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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... 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 penetrating , practical insight reaches its apotheosis in the lengthy appendix ...
... 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 penetrating , practical insight reaches its apotheosis in the lengthy appendix ...
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... ideas , if we provide at 9 See " The Basis of Religion and Metaphysics : An Interview with Frithjof Schuon " , The Quest : Philosophy , Science , Religion , the Arts , Vol . 9 , No. 2 ( Summer , 1996 ) , p . 78 ; also " Frithjof Schuon ...
... ideas , if we provide at 9 See " The Basis of Religion and Metaphysics : An Interview with Frithjof Schuon " , The Quest : Philosophy , Science , Religion , the Arts , Vol . 9 , No. 2 ( Summer , 1996 ) , p . 78 ; also " Frithjof Schuon ...
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... idea can be found throughout the world's religions , includ- ing traditions as diverse as Judaism , in which respect for God's holiness required that the sacred Tetragrammaton — the four Hebrew consonants ( transliterated as YHWH ) of ...
... idea can be found throughout the world's religions , includ- ing traditions as diverse as Judaism , in which respect for God's holiness required that the sacred Tetragrammaton — the four Hebrew consonants ( transliterated as YHWH ) of ...
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... ideas extending from the prerequisites of the spiritual life as a whole to the ultimate aim of that life , namely , self - realization in God . But the movement is by no means strictly linear ; we have chosen in fact to highlight the ...
... ideas extending from the prerequisites of the spiritual life as a whole to the ultimate aim of that life , namely , self - realization in God . But the movement is by no means strictly linear ; we have chosen in fact to highlight the ...
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Contents
Dimensions of Prayer | 1 |
Fundamental Keys | 13 |
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 |
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