Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual LifeWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 267 páginas In 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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Página xvii
... concerns were always of an opera- tive or maieutic order , as he sought to lead readers , not simply to a deeper understanding of the religious traditions , but to a more lucid discernment of the presence of God in their lives . Never ...
... concerns were always of an opera- tive or maieutic order , as he sought to lead readers , not simply to a deeper understanding of the religious traditions , but to a more lucid discernment of the presence of God in their lives . Never ...
Página xxi
... concerns , and reasons for thanksgiving , all one's own . Schuon often pointed to the Psalms as models for the personal dimension of prayer , and he frequently stressed its fundamental importance in the spiritual life , strongly ...
... concerns , and reasons for thanksgiving , all one's own . Schuon often pointed to the Psalms as models for the personal dimension of prayer , and he frequently stressed its fundamental importance in the spiritual life , strongly ...
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... concerned with Eternity , which is in God's hands . In this context , prayer will be at once an appeal to Mercy and an act of faith and trust . * Man's fundamental endowment is an intelligence capable of metaphysical knowledge ; as a ...
... concerned with Eternity , which is in God's hands . In this context , prayer will be at once an appeal to Mercy and an act of faith and trust . * Man's fundamental endowment is an intelligence capable of metaphysical knowledge ; as a ...
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... concern all men : every human being must , out of love for God , strive to " be what he is " -to disengage himself ... concerns the body . And this relates both to the deiform character of the planes constituting the microcosm and to ...
... concern all men : every human being must , out of love for God , strive to " be what he is " -to disengage himself ... concerns the body . And this relates both to the deiform character of the planes constituting the microcosm and to ...
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... concerned . From another angle , the de jure truth of a postulate must not be confused with some particular factual application , even when this represents a relative norm . Reality is differentiated , comprising diverse combinations ...
... concerned . From another angle , the de jure truth of a postulate must not be confused with some particular factual application , even when this represents a relative norm . Reality is differentiated , comprising diverse combinations ...
Contenido
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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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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