Frithjof Schuon Archive

In my youth, I often heard That Germans are bad, and they alone.I must be what I am, and what God wills;For what reason should I be different?And moreover: I know that no entire people is bad;And what the world is, I know now better than ever.

Certainly the warrior’s profession must exist,Otherwise it would be impossible to live in the kali-yuga.In the golden age, there was no bloodshed;But our time is iron, blood must flow —Be that as it may, I must add one thing:Warriors are heroes, but nevertheless they...

Certainly nomadic people must hunt —Otherwise they would find nothing to fill their stomachs.People say that bullfighting is cruel, and with reason —But hunting with beaters is no better than bullfighting.The deer too must be unhappy —Hunters are holy only in...

The problem of exaggeration: a learned manTold me that God never demands,Through the law, what is unreasonable;Moderation in everything is the wise man’s adornment.A saint may well be unreasonable —But this behavior is for him alone.