Frithjof Schuon Archive

Rabi‘a ‘Adawîya said: The question is Not whether thou lovest the Most High,But whether the Most High loves thee;For this is what profits thy soul.To things that are obvious, I say “yes,”But not to an opinion that turns things upside-down.

Do not blame people who wish to live only in the sands of the desert;Do not exalt those who have a sense of earthly consolation —On their path to God. May the LordGive us what His Wisdom has chosen for us.

In his youth, Swami Ramdas was A fine and earnest-looking ascetic;When I met him, he was almost an old man —And yet he was like a child out of a book.How can one explain such a change?Ram does not teach everyone in the same way —Blessèd the man who goes to Heaven as a...

Kairós: the instant of all instants,That brings good fortune and good choice;Encounter with happiness, experience of God —The now, of which the mystic speaks.Kairós — the holy instant of the soul;So choose it, that it also may choose thee.