The Perennial PhilosophyThe Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds." With great wit and stunning intellect, Aldous Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains them in terms that are personally meaningful. |
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... Buddha , have no use for specula- tion and whose primary concern is to put out in men's hearts the hideous fires of greed , resentment and infatuation . Through the upper gate go those whose vocation it is to think and speculate the ...
... Buddha , have no use for specula- tion and whose primary concern is to put out in men's hearts the hideous fires of greed , resentment and infatuation . Through the upper gate go those whose vocation it is to think and speculate the ...
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... Buddha - womb , which is wrongly apprehended by sentient beings . Lankavatara Sutra One Nature , perfect and ... Buddhas enters into my own being . And my own being is found in union with theirs . ... The Inner Light is beyond praise and ...
... Buddha - womb , which is wrongly apprehended by sentient beings . Lankavatara Sutra One Nature , perfect and ... Buddhas enters into my own being . And my own being is found in union with theirs . ... The Inner Light is beyond praise and ...
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... Buddha was evidently speaking about the personal self and not the universal Self . The Brah- man controversialists , who appear in certain of the Pali scrip- tures , never so much as mention the Vedanta doctrine of the identity of Atman ...
... Buddha was evidently speaking about the personal self and not the universal Self . The Brah- man controversialists , who appear in certain of the Pali scrip- tures , never so much as mention the Vedanta doctrine of the identity of Atman ...
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... Buddha- womb; and, while maintaining godlessness, asserted that this realizable Universal Mind is the inner consciousness of the eternal Buddha and that the Buddha-mind is associated with "a great compassionate heart" which desires the ...
... Buddha- womb; and, while maintaining godlessness, asserted that this realizable Universal Mind is the inner consciousness of the eternal Buddha and that the Buddha-mind is associated with "a great compassionate heart" which desires the ...
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... Buddha—the abso- lute Dharmakaya, known also as the Primordial Buddha, or Mind, or the Clear Light of the Void; the Sambhogakaya, corresponding to Isvara or the personal God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; and finally the ...
... Buddha—the abso- lute Dharmakaya, known also as the Primordial Buddha, or Mind, or the Clear Light of the Void; the Sambhogakaya, corresponding to Isvara or the personal God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; and finally the ...
Contents
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Personality Sanctity Divine Incarnation | 35 |
God in the World | 56 |
Charity | 80 |
Mortification NonAttachment Right Livelihood | 96 |
Truth | 125 |
Religion and Temperament | 146 |
Prayer | 219 |
Suffering | 227 |
Faith | 234 |
God Is Not Mocked | 238 |
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum | 243 |
Idolatry | 250 |
Emotionalism | 253 |
The Miraculous | 259 |
SelfKnowledge | 161 |
Grace and Free Will | 165 |
Good and Evil | 175 |
Time and Eternity | 184 |
Salvation Deliverance Enlightenment | 200 |
Immortality and Survival | 211 |
Silence | 216 |
Ritual Symbol Sacrament | 262 |
Spiritual Exercises | 273 |
Perseverance and Regularity | 292 |
Contemplation Action and Social Utility | 294 |
Bibliography | 303 |
Index | 307 |
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