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Welcome to the Traditional Studies Discussion Forum
Our community is devoted to the discussion of Tradition, a term that has been most adequately defined by Seyyed Hossein Nasr as "truths or principles of a divine origin revealed or unveiled to mankind and, in fact, a whole cosmic sector through various figures envisaged as messengers, prophets, avataras, the Logos or other transmitting agencies, along with all the ramifications and applications of these principles in different realms including law and social structure, art, symbolism, the sciences, and embracing of course Supreme Knowledge along with the means for its attainment."
Topics for discussion include the orthodox doctrines, spiritual methods, and artistic forms of the worlds great religions, especially as they are represented in the Traditional School comprised of such authorities as Rene Guenon, Frithjof Schuon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Marco Pallis, Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, William Chittick, Huston Smith, James Cutsinger and many others. Although these writers will serve as our primary focus, all traditional orthodox religions and philosophies are appropriate subjects for discussion. It is our hope that the encounter with the traditional perspective on this forum will allow participants to penetrate further into the depths of their respective traditions and enter into mutually supportive and enriching dialogue with the adherents of other religions.
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Introductions
A place to introduce yourself
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November 25th, 2009, 2:29 pm
AbdullahN
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Book Reviews
Reviews and suggestions of relevant books and recent publications
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November 17th, 2009, 2:09 pm
david
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General Discussion
For the discussion of subjects that do not pertain to the existing categories
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October 16th, 2009, 8:57 pm
Adam
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The Traditional School
The Revival of Tradition in the 20th Century
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November 30th, 2009, 10:18 am
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Sophia Perennis
The knowledge which delivers is of the root of existence itself. It is based on the fundamental distinction between Atman and maya and the knowledge of maya in the light of Atman. (Nasr)
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Bahram
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Religio Perennis
The Divine Name must take the place of the veiled Heart, and a movement towards it must be set up in the soul to counteract the pull of the outer world so that the lost harmony can be regained. (Lings)
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Bahram
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Cosmologia Perennis
Cosmology is the science of the world inasmuch as it reflects its unique cause, Being. There are a multiplicity of visions of the cosmos, all equally possible and legitimate because they spring from the same universal and immutable principles. (Burckhardt)
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October 20th, 2009, 10:55 pm
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Integral Aesthetics
The message of Beauty is both intellectual and moral because it communicates to us, in the world of accidentality, aspects of Substance, and because it reminds us of what we must love, and consequently be. (Schuon)
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November 21st, 2009, 9:31 am
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The Reign of Quantity
The development of manifestation necessarily implies a gradually increasing movement away from the Principle. We are now within the Kali Yuga or dark age during which the primordial spirituality becomes more and more obscured. (Guenon)
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November 21st, 2009, 12:21 pm
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The Ancient Mysteries
The founders of the mysteries intimated in a figure long ago that he who arrives [into the world below] after initiation and purification will dwell with the gods. For many, as they say in the mysteries, are the thyrsus bearers, but few are the mystics, - meaning, as I interpret the words, the true philosophers. (Plato)
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American Indian Religion
With this sacred pipe you shall walk upon the Earth; for the Earth is your Grandmother and your Mother, and She is sacred. All these peoples, and all the things of the universe, are joined to you who smoke the pipe - all send their voices to Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit (Pte San Win)
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November 27th, 2009, 10:58 pm
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The Way of the Tao
The way that can be spoken of is not the constant way; the name that can be named is not the constant name. Therefore the sage keeps to the deed that consists in taking no action and practices the teaching that uses no words. (Tao Te Ching 1:1,6)
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October 8th, 2009, 5:15 am
Kevin
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Sanatana Dharma
Truth is one, the sages call it by many names. (Rig Veda 1:164:46) Free from passion, fear and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire of Wisdom, many have reached My being. (Bhagavad Gita 4:10)
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November 12th, 2009, 9:38 am
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Akaliko Dhammo
There is a Middle Path discovered by the Tathagata - a path which opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace, to insight, to the higher wisdom, to Nirvana. (First Sermon)
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August 16th, 2009, 1:30 am
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The Christian Faith
I am one that bear witness to myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. (John 8:18) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
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November 8th, 2009, 12:09 am
Peter
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The Straight Path
Allah (Himself) is witness that there is no God save Him. (Quran 3:18) Muhammad is the messenger of Allah (Quran 48:29)
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Creation
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February 18th, 2009, 10:09 am
Bahram
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Justice - Fear - Action
Subforums: Sacrifice - Death, Combat - Action
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Yesterday, 9:53 pm
Peter
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Mercy - Love - Contemplation
Subforums: Life - Love, Beauty - Peace
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May 24th, 2009, 11:54 am
Zachary
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Truth - Knowledge - Union
Subforums: Discernment - Truth, Union - Identity
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November 17th, 2009, 2:11 pm
Adam
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Invocation
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October 20th, 2009, 1:33 pm
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