Surfing the Kali Yuga Lecture 1: By Way of Introduction
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Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad received his MA and Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Princeton University. He also holds an MA in Arabic from Indiana University and a BSc in Pure Mathematics from Purdue University. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation in Kuala Lumpur, the American University of Sharjah, and the American University in Cairo. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad has also been Reader in Shīʿah Studies at The Shīʿah Institute, London.
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1. Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shīʿah Islam, edited with Sajjad H. Rizvi (London: The Shīʿah Institute Press, 2017).
2. Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics, Modern Shīʿah Library Series vol. 2, by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī (d. 1420/1999), Trans. John Cooper (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), edited and introduced by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017).
3. Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl (The Ascension of the Intellects Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame) by Sayyid Murtaḍā Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī (d. 1336/1917), edited and introduced in Arabic English, and Urdu by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (London: The Shīʿah Institute, 2016).
4. Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam by Muḥyī al-Dīn b. al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240): A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes (Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015) based on the unique Konya MS 1933 (dated 630 H) dictated by the author to his disciple Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī (d. 672/1274), Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015).
5. Fatwās of Condemnation: Islam and the Limits of Dissent. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2006.
The texts covered in the first lecture of this course are:
1. Rene Guenon: A Teacher for Modern Times (Edmonds, WA: Holmes Publishing Group, 1994). The whole work: 31 pages
2. “Orientations: 11 Points,” in A Traditionalist Confronts Fascism (London: Arktos, 2015), pp. 1-27.1
So happy to have found somebody who is looking at Evola in a scholarly but accessible manner. Thank you and very best wishes from Colchester, Essex, in the South East of England.
I have never been to Colchester, Essex but I have been to other parts of the UK and I always enjoy visiting there. Thank you very much for watching.
Wonderful content. Best wishes from England
Thank you and all good wishes to you from America.
From a Buddhist perspective, rebirth is essential. Buddhist soteriology, no matter the school, becomes incoherent without rebirth. Some sutras say that there is no rebirth, but this is true only from the perspective of enlightenment, not from our current, unenlightened perspective. Moreover, especially in the Mahayana, there is a distinction between the false self and the true self (atman). The goal of Buddhism can be construed as uncovering the latter by seeing through the former. The doctrine of anatman is an apophatic method of removing identification with false candidates for the self.
You bring up a good point about rebirth being rejected by Traditionalist authors. I count myself a Traditionalist, but I find this rejection to be a blind spot, as rebirth is foundational to Indic traditions, which the Traditionalists lean so heavily upon, as well as Pythagoreanism/Platonism in the West. That said, I do think it's a secondary issue in metaphysics. The main thing is establishing the reality of the transcendent and man's need of (re)connecting with it.
Thank you for sharing your perspective on this important question.
Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring session Professor and I look forward to see the other sessions. It would be very interesting to study the "Warrior Sage" phenomenon in Evola's work in connection with Islamic Sufi Chivaly الفتوة (with its other manifestations in Eastern Esoteric Traditions and Schools) . ايدكم الله
It's kind of crazy how, at least in my own life, the concept or philosophy of Traditionalism in this sense seems to have flown under the radar for quite some time. I suppose though, these are the times for when such ideas should bubble to the surface. I'm no scholar, but I do find this stuff interesting. I'm only 15 minutes in and you've already dropped a bunch of names I'm going to look into. I look forward to finishing this series. Thanks!
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching.
Fantastic content
My pleasure! Thank you for watching.
First and foremost, I appreciate this channel and these lectures. I am wondering why Coomaraswamy would be left out as a pillar of traditionalist figures? Curious to know your thoughts…
Contemplation and action are most definitely not mutually exclusive. And if funny you mention that point in my personal life my sifu always has stressed the point that you must live a life as a scholar warrior. Which always stuck with me
Thank you for adding to the discussion.
Amazing presentation, Your channel is a treasure! Many thanks 🎉
Thank you for watching.
Amazing sir. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and perspectives
My pleasure.
Great content, thank you. Just to nitpick: in The Martian the crew doesn't die, they leave the main character stranded on Mars as they believe he dies in a storm as they're about to take off
Thank you for the clarification.
Matt Damon is the actor in the Martian
Correct. He grow potatoes on Mars.
What is the text you are reading from ca 20 min mark?