Frithjof Schuon Archive

Naïve, brutal, and uncritical were the times In which sanctity and wisdom blossomed;One may well wonder why,But must beware of false judgement.The ancients always sensed the Absolute —And readily saw good in the naïve.

Whoever has a sense of absolute values,Must know well the relative; one cannot separate appearance —Which bears witness to the Most High —From the Absolute Cause.Cause and effect are closely linked —The world is prefigured in the Godhead,And conversely: we are...

Now, as I write, I am ninety years old;See, how time passes.Passes — what does this mean? Nothing to himWho stands unshakably in the True.For real is that we are with the Most High —It is indifferent why time passes away.

Shri Abhinavagupta was surroundedBy devadassis, and with dance and music;Shri Shankara on the other hand was an ascetic,Who sought his happiness in solitude.Two opposing poles within the Godhead’s spheres —And yet two human beings on this poor earth,Oft difficult to...