Frithjof Schuon Archive

You ask me how the soul should be moldedIn order to attain the highest goal.The fundamental law — all pious people know —Is pure intention and humility; and then prayer.It comes from God and it has many levels —The deepest prayer is the call of our heart.Say not that...

When one combines the All with the naught,One has the rhythm that bears witness to both:Meander of prayers, tremor of the heart,Combines God and world and constitutes life.

There is no need to describe waterWhen someone is thirsty — so said a pious man;Water must be drunk — syllogismsAre worthless, they cannot reach God.People may believe this, but it is wrongIf it means that thought is uselessFor realization. Without a keen mind,God...

I would like to stand before the sun,Conscious that before God it is a grain of sand,Or a nothingness. And this is important:I see the sun, but it does not see me —So know, O man: it is not what thou art.Never mind if they call thee a heathen:The sun is the true image...