Frithjof Schuon Archive

You do not know what makes the double lifeOf the sage, who must unite two worlds:The inner one, which draws him toward the Highest;The outer one, which he cannot deny,And neither does he wish to, since God created it.Is not its dream-stuff blood of our blood?The...

O man, consider that which thou canst not avoid:Thou wilt, O soul arrive before the One —It waits for thee; sooner or laterThou wilt see, not the many, but the One.Yet this One is neither poverty nor want,It is the All, the gate of Paradise —The fullness of God, which...

We hold fast to one thing: to God’s Name —It is the frame for our vision of God.It gives us certitude that God is really here;We call Him, we awake — and we are near to Him.All sacred teaching is hidden within the Name,So is the Divine Will to save our souls;The soul...

The sage has conquered the world within himself,The world, which is our enemy and rends the heart;The sage is like an eagle flying to the sun —Thus the Pipe’s smoke to the Great Spirit rises.Indeed, the man of God must be a warrior;The world, which ever dazzles us,...