Frithjof Schuon Archive

There is the individual, there is society;And then, in time, there is the generationIn which we live: a dream, and a web of dreams —Yet a world that gives meaning to everything.And within it, an instant, given by God,Which — if grasped — enlightens and liberates.

How canst thou, O man, find peace of soul?In the hour when thou thinkest of the Most High —Of His Truth and of His Presence —And givest scant attention to the ego and the world.The hour of God is waiting at thy door —But truer still: it is in thee, in thee.

The sage holds in his hand the keysFor all possibilities, to see the ray of God —To dominate the world’s seductive play,And to overcome the misery of all trials.For one thing alone has weight in earthly life:With God and in God, to soar above illusion.

What does the Vedic ternary Sat-Chit-Ânanda mean?Thou canst not separate bliss from truth.The fruit of the highest knowledge is happiness of heart.Whoever would live blissfully, must know Being and Spirit.