Transcendent Unity of Religions
28 Mar 2015
In this video Frithjof Schuon speaks about his celebrated work The Transcendent Unity of Religions.
Tag: religion
The Great Sufi Master
28 Mar 2015
Frithjof Schuon was a Sufi master and metaphysician and the chief exponent of the perennialist school of comparative religion. His approach toward truth is through the path of knowledge, similar to Jnana Yoga in Hinduism. In this short video he explains the relationship between religion and its esoteric dimension.
The Story of Creation
17 Mar 2015
The story of creation is pretty simple if we don’t get caught up in the literal meaning of words. Here it is: God created man. Later He saw that the product is defective: Man forgets. God then announced a factory recall; we know it as revelation. The decision on our part is either to choose … More The Story of Creation
The Phenomenology of God
17 Mar 2015
It appears to us that we see the world because we are looking outwardly into it; but in truth what appears to be our seeing the world is us being seen by God. The seeing before us is not ours; it is His. Our seeing of the world is God’s seeing us. God is the … More The Phenomenology of God
The Grace to Embrace
15 Mar 2015
We must remind ourselves, those of us practicing religion as a means of salvation rather than welfare, that the spiritual life, the life of God, is about God and not us. That we complain so often of our imperfections and the subsequent suffering is a misunderstanding of religion. Perhaps we think that spiritual life is … More The Grace to Embrace
A Precious Book
15 Mar 2015
The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is a gem, a must read, for people with even the slightest interest in the esoteric dimension of religions, any religion. It is a lucid presentation of exalting and inspiring quotes from mystics and saints throughout history. I believe it is … More A Precious Book
The Immortal One
12 Mar 2015
Two simple propositions, taken from Vedantic philosophy, summarize the whole of truth and the way to attain it. One is from the verse 2:16 of Bhagavad Gita and the other is from Upanishads: 1) The Real cannot not be; the unreal cannot be. 2) That which begins must end. We needed nothing more if we … More The Immortal One
The Cloak of Religious Zeal
9 Mar 2015
Many a times I thought how can one explain to the critics of religion that what lies at the heart of religion, the inward truth of which religion is only an outward expression, has nothing to do with the heinous acts done under a cloak of religious zeal, that such acts are of men oblivious … More The Cloak of Religious Zeal
The Transcendent Unity of Religions
7 Mar 2015
[Photo is of Mount Damavand in Iran] The subject is borrowed from the book of the same title, The Transcendent Unity of Religions, by Frithjof Schuon, the principal exponent of the Traditionalist School of comparative religion. The transcendent unity of religions comes from the fact that there is one truth behind all revealed traditions, and … More The Transcendent Unity of Religions
Here I am
5 Mar 2015
A dervish was tempted by the devil to cease calling upon God, on the grounds that God never answered “Here I am.” The prophet Khadir appeared to him in a vision with a message from God: “Was it not I who summoned thee to my service? Was it not I who made thee busy with my … More Here I am
