Frithjof Schuon: Life and TeachingsThe first book in English devoted to the religious philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907 1998) to appear since his death, this biography also provides an analysis of his work and spiritual teachings. Relying on Schuon s published works as well as unpublished correspondence and other documents, the authors highlight the originality of Schuon s life and teachings in terms of his consistent focus on esoterism, defined as the inner penetration of sacred forms and spiritual practices vis-à-vis the religio perennis, the eternal wisdom that lies at the core of all sacred paths. Schuon s life, they argue, is a quest for the inner meaning of religious experience, as is indicated by his connections to Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Native American Shamanism. Spiritual seekers from all backgrounds will appreciate this comprehensive study of this towering figure of comparative religion. |
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Página 71 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Página 72 - abstraction" corresponds mystical "solitude", khalwah, the ritual expression of which is the spiritual retreat; "resemblance", for its part, gives rise to the grace of "radiance", jalwah,™ of which the ritual expression is the invocation of God performed in common. Mystery of transcendence or "contraction...
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Página 21 - Isa, that keep to obedience and be not divided therein; hard to the unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who turns (to Him) frequently.
Página 179 - Beauty is a crystallization of a certain aspect of universal joy; it is a limitlessness expressed by a limit. Beauty is in one sense always more than it gives, but in another sense it always gives more than it is: in the first sense the essence shows itself as appearance, and in the second the appearance communicates the essence.
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Página 122 - The most explicit metaphysical doctrine will always take it as axiomatic that every doctrine is only error when confronted with the divine Reality in itself, but a provisional, indispensable, salutary "error", containing and communicating the virtuality of Truth.
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| Título | Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions |
| Autores | Jean-Baptiste Aymard, Patrick Laude |
| Colaborador | Seyyed Hossein Nasr |
| Edição | ilustrada |
| Editora | SUNY Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0791462056, 9780791462058 |
| Num. págs. | 196 páginas |
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