Frithjof Schuon Archive

Brahma Satyam, jagan mithyâ:Godhead alone is Real;What we call world is dream —This is the wise man’s oath.What does appearance mean?Something between naught and Being,Namely, Existence. And the soulIs what Brahma wills to free.Brahma’s ray, deep into the...

Because Thou art my God, I call Thee —Thou wilt not abandon me.Thou art the Refuge, yea, the Sovereign Good —Who can fathom the Highest?And though the world should fall asunder —Thou ever wouldst remain.I know not what the world is, what I am —I only know, I...

Be thou not haunted by the soul’s fantasies;Be not subdued by idle moods,But keep thy liberty; unshakable,And leave folly to the outer world.As does the eagle, circle in the heights —Has thine intelligence not told thee that?Thou bearest in thy soul a holy land —Go...

She, who brings the stream of thought to silence,Divinely giving peace to our soul —She is Benares, the sacred city;It is She that I love — and that I am.I am the great Stillness after the storm,After the world-sea’s wild melody —Say: Peace, Peace; heart, thou art the...