Frithjof Schuon Archive

The human body, scientists say,Represents what we need in order to live on this earth,And nothing else. But it was not for thisThat the Lord breathed into us the Holy Spirit.The useful, in the structure of creatures,Does not exhaust God’s intention; for He createdMan...

To think of nothing has no spiritual value —So might one suppose. But he who thinks nothingTakes the trouble not without a serious reason —He does so because this nothing leads to the True.In God, the Void is a great Something —Vacare Deo. To Pure Being be the...

It is extremely painful when an innocent child,Who from birth onwards only has goodwill,Should cause disappointment. Why? It was not his fault —Education paralyzed his genius.Until he was freed from the chain that bound him —Until he found himself through God’s...

In India, it can happen that a womanOf the highest caste reveals her breasts;And that the natural sentiment of the peopleBows reverently before this nakedness.Westerners, with prudence and piety, wantTo cover what could be a temptation;And, with decorum, to remain at...