Frithjof Schuon Archive

Logic is right thinking. But not only this —Because, before mental concepts, comes right being;Truth is not merely what we wish to think of it —Clear thinking must be the trace of the things themselves.The prototype for our consciousness is the nature of things;One...

Hinduism — a spiritual worldThat contains everything, and shimmers in all colors;It offers us Vedanta, the doctrine of the great Shankara:And also gods without number,In whose cult our heart has no interest.Islam wants first and foremost to be Unity,And life-wisdom....

It is often said that the joy of love Is but a fleeting dream: this is true and not true.Whatever is in time rushes past like time itself;But whatever therein is eternal remains miraculous —Deeply embedded in the melody of Being,The melody that was before the earthly...

Some think that he who strives for personal salvation is selfish —That one should also obtain salvation for one’s neighbor.This one cannot and need not do; for one’s own salvationHas a radiation that gives life to others —On their path to inherit the Highest...