May 6 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace
Read "A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom" published by Louisville-based Fons Vitae Press
https://www.fonsvitae.com/tabid/58/pid/94/item.aspx
Read "A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom" published by Louisville-based Fons Vitae Press
https://www.fonsvitae.com/tabid/58/pid/94/item.aspx
This magnificent collection of texts taken from all of the orthodox
sources was originally inspired by the need for a summa of the
Philosophia Perennis.
There
is no other book comparable in scope to the present work, which forms a
truly magisterial compendium of spiritual doctrine spanning four ages
and the hemispheres. In the words of the anthologist, the reader is
invited to enter upon a spiritual journey. In this book he will
encounter the heritage he shares in common with all humanity, in what
is essentially timeless and enduring and pertinent to his final end.
"A
Treasury of Traditional Wisdom is foundational to the school of
thought that affirms and explores the primordial tradition at the heart
of all the great religious and philosophical traditions, popularized by
Aldous Huxley as the perennial philosophy. Perry's is the essential
reference work, and it affords rich and vital reading."
-Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions
The reader, taken on a journey from the creation of the cosmos and the
individual soul to final re-absorption in the Divine Source, is
presented with the traditional stages of the soul's transformation. No
matter which aspect of the Way is a concern, one is treated to such
focused counsels as are found in Eckhart, Philo, Rumi, the Talmud,
Shakespeare, Rama Krishna, Black Elk, The Psalms, the Tao Te Ching, and
Milarepa, among so many others.
Regarding the dissolution/death of the ego, such issues encountered
are the explication of separation, sin, suffering, illusion,
detachment, humility--which are then followed by modes of spiritual
combat, leading to metanoia.
Upon
reaching the second stage of mercy and love, faith, prayer,
meditation, contemplation, grace, charity, and ecstasy lead on to the
state of Peace and Beauty. And, finally, the station of Union, Truth,
and Knowledge is attained. Each of these topics and countless others
are profoundly clarified by the contributions of the finest minds and
hearts to have emerged from the world's many great civilizations.
A
Treasury of Traditional Wisdom assists the reader in encountering the
heritage shared with all humanity. For any person intent on truth, this
compendium is both a source of reference and inspiration, offering
what is essentially timeless, enduring, and pertinent to understanding
the one, same Reality.
In
our technological age where man's energies are directed almost solely
toward what is either merely utilitarian or else frivolous (there being
a close connection between the two), it is of the highest importance
for those who can still think or reflect in what St. Augustine calls
that "wisdom uncreate, the same now as it ever was, and shall be
forevermore". It is the Wisdom which is man's priceless birthright, and
that same Wisdom which shines forth in the pages of this book.
A
Treasury of Traditional Wisdom is presented in three main divisions
and six parts which are arranged in accordance with fundamental
spiritual perspectives, and the chapters in each part carry further
developments of different possible approaches to the Truth.
"Indeed,
everyone is not fit or capable of the knowledge of the eternal and
temporal nature in its mysterious operation, neither is the proud
covetous world worth to receive a clear manifestation of it; and
therefore the only wise God (who giveth wisdom to everyone that asketh
it aright of him) has looked up the jewel in his blessed treasury,
which none can open but those that have the key; which is this, 'Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you:' The Father will give the Spirit to them that ask
him for it."
--From the Introduction
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