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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... Chuang Tzu, most of which seems to have been written around the turn of the fourth and third centuries B. C. Do not ask whether the Principle is in this or in that; it is in all beings. It is on this account that we apply to it the ...
... Chuang Tzu, most of which seems to have been written around the turn of the fourth and third centuries B. C. Do not ask whether the Principle is in this or in that; it is in all beings. It is on this account that we apply to it the ...
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... Chuang Tzu From Taoism we pass to that Mahayana Buddhism which , in the Far East , came to be so closely associated with Taoism , borrowing and bestowing until the two came at last to be fused in what is known as Zen . The Lankavatara ...
... Chuang Tzu From Taoism we pass to that Mahayana Buddhism which , in the Far East , came to be so closely associated with Taoism , borrowing and bestowing until the two came at last to be fused in what is known as Zen . The Lankavatara ...
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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