The Perennial Philosophy

The Perennial Philosophy
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0061893315

An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley "The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others.

The Perennial Truth

The Perennial Truth
Author: Tlb Kruger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2018-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781642046724

When I began my spiritual journey twenty-six years ago, I was submerged in the river of life, unable to make sense of its ever-changing currents. I found myself reaching out in desperation, searching for some branch of wisdom to cling to. Wisdom from beyond my perceived reality that would enable me to see existence as it truly is. The Perennial Truth is that branch. Contained within this book is the unchanging truth I discovered on my journey. Just as it rescued me from the roiling waters, it will help you understand who you are and why you are here. It will give you tools to meet life's currents head on, and rise above them. Amid the difficulty and complexity of everyday existence, The Perennial Truth provides context. Context gives rise to understanding. Understanding fosters acceptance. Acceptance leads to trust. And trust leads, ultimately, to the deep appreciation of reality as it is. I cannot show you the truth of the present moment, because a moment's truth is ever-changing. But the Perennial Truth does not change. When you understand it, and begin to apply it to your life experiences, the truth of each moment will be revealed to you with great clarity and joy. In Part 1 of The Perennial Truth I describe the journey that led me to discover the spiritual truth of existence, which is beyond the seasonal truth of life. In Part 2 I share this unchanging truth with the reader, and in Part 3 I guide the reader towards the perennial experience and an understanding of immortal existence. The awakening of the soul.

Ye Shall Know the Truth

Ye Shall Know the Truth
Author: Mateus Soares de Azevedo
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2005
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0941532690

Contains essays on mysticism, prayer, sacred art, the relationship between Christianity and other religious.

Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy

Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy
Author: Harry Oldmeadow
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1935493094

This introduction to the writings of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the pre-eminent spokesman of the Perennialist or Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought, is the first book to present a comprehensive study of his intellectual and spiritual message. In addition to a clear explanation of Schuon's message of metaphysics and the great religions, Oldmeadow includes an overview of Schuon's paintings and poetry, and insights on prayer and virtue in the spiritual life.

Perennial

Perennial
Author: Kelly Forsythe
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1566895235

The events of 1999’s Columbine shooting preoccupy Forsythe in these poems, refracting her vision to encompass killer, victim, and herself as a girl, suddenly aware of the precarity of her own life and the porousness of her body to others’ gaze, demands, violence. Deeply researched and even more deeply felt, Perennial inhabits landscapes of emerging adulthood and explosive cruelty—the hills of Pittsburgh and the sere grass of Colorado; the spines of books in a high school library that has become a killing ground; the tenderness of children as they grow up and grow hard, becoming acquainted with dread, grief, and loss.

Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology

Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology
Author: David Ray Griffin
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1989-10-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438404948

In this book, Huston Smith and David Ray Griffin propose religious philosophies to succeed the waning worldview of modernity. Huston Smith proposes the perennial philosophy or primordial tradition, and David Ray Griffin offers postmodern process theology. The ultimate issue debated is whether we should return to a traditional religious philosophy or seek a new never-before-articulated worldview. The debate covers the following issues: the relation of Christianity to other religions; the ultimate reality of a personal God in relation to a transpersonal absolute; the ultimate reality of time and progress; the problem of evil; the nature of immortality; the relation of humans to nature; the relation of science to theology; the relation of upward to downward causation; and the possibility of nonrelativistic criteria for deciding between competing worldviews.

On Truth & Untruth

On Truth & Untruth
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2010-11-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0062035134

Newly translated and edited by Taylor Carman, On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche’s evolving thinking on truth, which has exerted a powerful influence over modern and contemporary thought. This original collection features the complete text of the celebrated early essay “On Truth and Lie in a Nonmoral Sense” (“a keystone in Nietzsche’s thought” —Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy), as well as selections from the great philosopher’s entire career, including key passages from The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Will to Power, Twilight of the Idols, and The Antichrist.

The Underlying Religion

The Underlying Religion
Author: Martin Lings
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2007
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1933316438

This is an anthology of 25 essays by the leading exponents of the perennialist school of comparative religious thought. It aims to be the most accessible introduction yet to the perspective of the Perennial Philosophy.

Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy

Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy
Author: Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2013
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1936597209

Modern psychology is at an impasse as it searches anxiously for new therapies to address the increasing occurrence of mental illness in contemporary society. In this groundbreaking anthology, leading authors from the perennialist school, including Huston Smith, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and Frithjof Schuon, draw on the age-old insights of the world s wisdom traditions to argue that modern psychology behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic and transpersonal psychology overlooks the specifically spiritual factors contributing to mental health and illness."

Forgotten Truth

Forgotten Truth
Author: Huston Smith
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1992-10-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0062507877

This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions