Frithjof Schuon Archive

I find enlightenment where Wisdom dwells;And I am happy, where happiness is found.Seek in Heaven that which is enthroned in Heaven,And wondrously combines light and warmth;Which God has made for thy faith —Which rewards thy soul for its fidelity.

My homeland is India — for already in my youthI let myself be penetrated by the words of the Veda.Only in the wake of Vedantic doctrineCould I bring my own message to the world —The Word of God, that I hear within me.

Certainly, I am only one amongst many,And yet I am unique through the One Truth —In one instant, I encompass the years.The world and life are not there for mere play —At the end of everyday life lies the miraculous.

Vedânta, accompanied by japa-yoga —Therein lies all that Wisdom has to offer.Happy the man who, with God’s grace in the depths of his heart,Protects this doctrine and this path.Yatra Krishna, tatra dharma, jaya.Where Krishna is, there is the victory of virtue —Truth...