Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual LifeWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 267 sivua 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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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 30
Sivu xi
... brings us to God , which is in the final analysis the only thing that matters in life ( and in death ) . " Prayer fashions man " runs the title of the volume you hold in your hands ; one could go even further and say that prayer is man ...
... brings us to God , which is in the final analysis the only thing that matters in life ( and in death ) . " Prayer fashions man " runs the title of the volume you hold in your hands ; one could go even further and say that prayer is man ...
Sivu xii
... bring out the main themes , which focus upon man's tasks both as knower and lover in relation to God . Even if we occasionally find it difficult to thread our way through Schuon's tightly woven thought , we gain much from his brilliant ...
... bring out the main themes , which focus upon man's tasks both as knower and lover in relation to God . Even if we occasionally find it difficult to thread our way through Schuon's tightly woven thought , we gain much from his brilliant ...
Sivu xv
... bring about real change in our life . As a sculptor fash- ions clay or a poet words — as the wind or a stream gives shape to a dune or a valley - so do a man's prayers , faithfully and persistently repeated over the course of his life ...
... bring about real change in our life . As a sculptor fash- ions clay or a poet words — as the wind or a stream gives shape to a dune or a valley - so do a man's prayers , faithfully and persistently repeated over the course of his life ...
Sivu 1
... brings one closer to God partakes of His beatitude for that very reason ; to rise , by praying , above the images and noise of the soul is a liberation through the divine Void and Infinitude ; it is the station of serenity . It is true ...
... brings one closer to God partakes of His beatitude for that very reason ; to rise , by praying , above the images and noise of the soul is a liberation through the divine Void and Infinitude ; it is the station of serenity . It is true ...
Sivu 10
... brings one nearer to God . In a cer- tain sense this is true when suffering , martyrdom , is given a univer- sal meaning . In this case it is true that man draws nearer to God only through suffering - that is , through sacrifice ...
... brings one nearer to God . In a cer- tain sense this is true when suffering , martyrdom , is given a univer- sal meaning . In this case it is true that man draws nearer to God only through suffering - that is , through sacrifice ...
Sisältö
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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 |
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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