Frithjof Schuon Archive

There is Krishna with his flute, whomThe circle of gopis venerate as the god of love;And there is Krishna — both god and man —Who in the Gita teaches the highest Wisdom.

Shri Abhinavagupta was surroundedBy devadassis, and with dance and music;Shri Shankara on the other hand was an ascetic,Who sought his happiness in solitude.Two opposing poles within the Godhead’s spheres —And yet two human beings on this poor earth,Oft difficult to...

O ye who have sound intellects,Understand the doctrine that lies hiddenIn the poem, which revolves like a wheel —O voi ch’avete li’ntelletti sani,Mirate la dottrina che s’ascondeSotto ’l velame de li versi strani —In the language of Dante. Often the poem’s linesOffer...

The Highest Reality I call Beyond-Being —Then comes Creative Being: it radiates in all the thingsTo which it gives existence; If thou art wise, Thou wilt hear the melody of the angels’ wings.