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Formulas both meaningless and explosive, and intended to shatter the shell of mental habits that obstruct the vision of the Real. [SME, Confessional Speculation: Intentions and Impasses] The koan is a formula by intention absurd, destined to bring about a kind of liberating rupture in the mind of the person meditating on it, the mind in this instance being considered with regard to its hardness and blindness. [TB, Remarks on the Enigma of the Koan] 160
BIBLIOGRAPHY Books by Frithjof Schuon: CI – Christianity / Islam: Essays on Esoteric Ecumenicism (trans. G. Polit). Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1985. EchPW – Echoes of Perennial Wisdom. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1992. EH – The Eye of the Heart. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1997. EPW – Esoterism as Principle and as Way (trans. W. Stoddart). Bedfont: Perennial Books, 1981. FDH – From the Divine to the Human (trans. G. Polit and D. Lambert). Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1982. FS – The Feathered Sun. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1990. FSR – Form and Substance in the Religions. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 2002. GDW – Gnosis: Divine Wisdom (trans. G. E. H. Palmer). Bedfont: Perennial Books, 1990. IFA – In the Face of the Absolute. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1994. LAW – Light on the Ancient Worlds (trans. Lord Northbourne). Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1984. LS – Language of the Self. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1999. LT – Logic and Transcendence (trans. P. N. Townsend). Bedfont: Perennial Books, 1975. PM – The Play of Masks. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1992. RH – Road to the Heart. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1995. RHC – Roots of the Human Condition. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1991. SME – Survey of Metaphysics and Esotericism (trans. G. Polit). Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1986. SPHF – Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts (trans. P. N. Townsend). Bedfont: Perennial Books, 1987. SVQ – Sufism: Veil and Quintessence (trans. W. Stoddart). Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1981. SW – Stations of Wisdom. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1995. TB – Treasures of Buddhism. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1993. THC – To Have a Center. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1990. TM – The Transfiguration of Man. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1995. TUR – The Transcendent Unity of Religions (trans. P. N. Townsend). Wheaton: Theosophical Publishing House, 1984. UI – Understanding Islam. Bloomington: World Wisdom Books, 1994. Other: EW – The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon. S. H. Nasr (ed.). Longmead: Element Books, 1991. SG – The Sword of Gnosis. J. Needleman (ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974. UT – The Unanimous Tradition. R. Fernando (ed.). Colombo: Institute of Traditional Studies, 1991. 161
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED BY FRITHJOF
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Absolute: “In the Absolute, I am
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emains paradoxically attached out o
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knowledge which determines action,
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liturgical quality and - for all th
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divine Substance, but of the human
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ecause beauty is unitive and exclud
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consequently that Being is not othe
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said that the Buddhas bring salvati
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Charity means to lose oneself. [SPH
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Christianity: “God became man tha
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world which is its medium of manife
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democracy is possible; but then it
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True dignity could not be affected,
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total since this form is a symbol a
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Ellipsism (Oriental): Which consist
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use of the intelligence, and not on
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Now, if we start out from the idea
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material world. The answer to evolu
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Exoterism transmits aspects or frag
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certainly not their more or less na
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Faith / Intelligence: Unlike an int
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pure and simple, constitute what we
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Existence itself; now, no one can c
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Generosity (towards man): Generosit
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it is of this we are speaking - suc
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or this Divine Face turned towards
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ejoicing in the good which they enj
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If love takes precedence over hatre
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Holiness: Holiness is the sleep of
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sham absolutes, which in addition a
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“humble,” in relation to the su
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wisdom. Esoterically, one can disti
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whatever be its value, has no dogma
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the cogito alone. From the point of
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“activity,” the intelligence re
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Intentionism / Sincerism: Intention
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Jivan-mukta: According to Shankara,
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intellectual or heart knowledge, th
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The validity of a logical demonstra
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Substance; therefore it cannot beco
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It is in man’s nature to be able
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enveloped Christ’s ascension. Tha
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Matter, in fact, refers in the fina
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divine possibilities projected into
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Metaphysic: The science of the Abso
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hardly arises in pure metaphysics a
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Morality (two sources): Morality ha
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The mythological wording of a tradi
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space, and the immobility of the su
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Nothing / Being: The notion of “n
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“heart,” given that “the king
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Orthodoxy (quintessential): Quintes
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Passion, as it is to be understood
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