m alan kazlev said... Hi Tusar, I never read much about him. He seems like a pretty decent guy; sincere about the spiritual path.
What he says about the common esoteric truth or transcendent unity behind the external forms of different religions does in part agree with my experiences of the respective Light and Presence behind the external words and teachings of Sri Aurobondo and the Mother on the one hand, and behind the external words and teachings of Ramana Maharshi on the other. And there are others that i get a similar vibe from too, e.g. Meher Baba.
I'm not sure what Schuon's views are of this, but my own (no doubt imperfect) understanding is that transcendent divinity isn't a state of simplistic unity, and for this reason i don't agree with the concept of a "transcendent unity". It is rather that the Supreme is infinitely diverse with infinite facets. So for me it isn't a single logos which manifests in different religions or different tecahings, but rather an infinite number of possible logoi contained within and as aspects of the Supreme (this is similar to what Spinoza says too about God having infinite aspects). Each logos or revelation respresents a particular avatar, sadguru, enlightened teacher, emanation of the Supreme, aspects of the Infinite, etc etc.
To properly critique Frithjof Schuon I'd have to read his books, study his life and tecahings etc, to get an impression of where he is at. 6:43 PM
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