Frithjof Schuon Archive
Featured Books
Feathered Sun, The : Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy
One of the most philosophic and religious studies of the Plains Indians in print.
Featured Poems
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Faith and Gratitude
Unbelief is, at bottom, to forgetThat idle earthly din is transient;And ingratitude is no longer to realizeHow many graces come to us from Heaven.On earth it must be so: one must struggle;Faith and gratitude — they will allay suffering.“Truth has come, vanity is...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Fâtihah
Muslims pray: “Lead us on the straight path;The path of those whom Thy mercy protects,Not of those whom Thy wrath’s thunderbolt will strike,Nor of the poor souls that are led astrayAnd walk the path of error.” — This everyone prays;And why? Because pride threatens...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Faithfulness
The noble man is faithful. Faithless is the bad —Even good things are a burden for himWhilst they last. Not so the just man:He cannot tire of noble things.Self-seeking and vain superficiality —The fool seeks and admires what is new.Magnanimity and depth want love and...
Autumn Leaves & The Ring-Modesty
Monkeys — animals — wanted to be human beings;So they are pariahs before the temple door.And so are men who overstep themselves —God will refuse every crown to ambition.One cannot twist littleness into greatness —But greatness can reside in modesty.
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