Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religions (Treasures of the World's Religions)

CONTENTS......Page 8
Patrick Laude introduction......Page 10
I. FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS......Page 22
Bhagavad Gītā He Who Thinks of Me Constantly......Page 24
Chaitanya I Shall Repeat Thy Name......Page 25
Kabīr Recite the Name of the Lord......Page 27
Mīrābāī I am Fascinated by Thy Name......Page 29
Tulsīdās Comfort in this World and the Next......Page 31
Sukhāvatīvyūha Glorify the Name of the Lord Amitābha......Page 32
Hōnen The Buddha of Boundless Light & Taking Refuge......Page 33
Shinran Passages on the Pure Land Way......Page 43
Zohar The Holy One Speaks His Name......Page 47
Abraham Abulafia The Light of the Intellect & The Question Of Prophecy......Page 49
Rabbi Isaac of Akko Gazing at the Letters & Climbing the Ladder......Page 54
Philokalia St. Philotheos of Sinai, Ilias the Presbyter, St. Symeon the New Theologian, & St. Gregory of Sinai......Page 56
The Way of a Pilgrim Unceasing Interior Prayer......Page 62
The Cloud of Unknowing Strike Down Every Kind of Thought......Page 69
St. Bernardino of Siena The Sermon for Palm Sunday......Page 72
St. Jean Eudes The Name Admirable Above All Names......Page 75
Jean-Pierre de Caussade The Sacrament of the Present Moment......Page 76
Ibn ‘Atā’ Allāh Al-Iskandarī The Key to Salvation......Page 78
II. CONTEMPORARY DOCTRINAL ESSAYS......Page 88
Frithjof Schuon Modes of Prayer & Communion and Invocation......Page 90
Titus Burckhardt Rites......Page 100
Martin Lings The Method......Page 104
Leo Schaya The Great Name of God......Page 108
Marco Pallis Nembutsu as Remembrance......Page 122
D.T. Suzuki The Shin Teaching of Buddhism......Page 138
Archimandrite Lev Gillet On the Practical Use of the Jesus Prayer......Page 145
Mir Valiuddin Some Important Dhikrs......Page 155
III. CONTEMPORARY TESTIMONIES......Page 164
Thomas Yellowtail Always Praying and Thinking of God......Page 166
Srī Ramakrishna Pray to God with a Yearning Heart......Page 167
Swami Ramdas Constant Repetition of the Divine Name......Page 169
Mahatma Gandhi Prayer......Page 172
Vandana Mataji Japa-Sādhanā......Page 174
Ramana Maharshi Advaita and Japa......Page 176
Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux) The Prayer of the Name......Page 178
Gōjun Shichiri Sayings on Tariki......Page 185
Gao Xingjian Namo Amitofu......Page 194
William Johnston Breathing and Rhythm in Christian and Buddhist Prayer......Page 199
Father Lorenzo Sales The Unceasing Act of Love of Sister Mary Consolata......Page 202
Shaykh Ahmad Al-\'Alawī Treatise on the Invocation of the Divine Name......Page 216
Simone Weil The Love of Religious Practices......Page 227
Glossary......Page 230
Acknowledgments......Page 234
Biographical Note......Page 239
Index......Page 240