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Sull Kaak’s Podcast – Season 2 – How to Read a Book
This is a commentary on my summary of the classic written by Adler and Doren “How to Read a Book”.. The topic has been covered in 11 parts. Click the titles below the trailer to visit the individual pages. Information Destroys Learning | Sull Kaak’s Podcast | S02E01 The fundamental problem that lies beneath almost every issue plaguing the human society in these days and times is somehow related with the ideas of knowledge and education. The massive information explosion and the fast media through which it can flow have made knowledge very easy to acquire, or so it may seem. Listen to this episode to see how information explosion…
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Sull Kaak’s Podcast – Season 1 – The Fall and Revival of Muslim Civilization
This is a commentary on Hamza Yusuf’s “Is the Matter of Metaphysics Immaterial? Yes and No” with a portion of discussion taken from Abdurrahman Mihrij’s “The Myth of Intellectual Decline – A Response to Shaykh Hamza Yusuf”. The topic has been covered in 6 parts. Click the titles below the trailer to visit the individual pages. Episode 1: First Things First – Explore the profound questions of existence and the revival of metaphysics in the first episode of our enlightening podcast series on “The Fall and Revival of Muslim Civilization”. Episode 2: The Defence of Faith and Religion – Metaphysics as the universal science: Imam al-Ghazali’s view on theology, its…
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Do you know everything?
You may reach either of the two conclusions after reading or studying a particular book or an article or just random stuff. 1. You know so little. 2. You know so much. If your conclusion is “1” you probably know more. If your conclusion is “2” you probably know nothing! नमन्ति फलानि वृक्षा नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः शुष्क काष्ठ्श्च मूर्खश्च न नमन्ति कदाचन . Namanti phalaani brukshaa namanti gunino janaah. Shushka kaashthasch moorkhshch na namanti kadachan. i.e. Trees laden with fruits bow with the weight of the fruits, and so also knowledgeable and learned persons with their knowledge (are always polite in their behavior towards others). On the other hand dried…
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Asi kati lagan pata – Sources of Knowledge
Writing in TATA sumo, traveling from Srinagar to Khanabal. Thinking about issues that bother me. I have been wondering for a while what thought I subscribe to, where do I place myself, rationalist, empiricist, idealist, or whatever. I have been called a post-modernist, conservative, both in the same breath and other things, too. I might be a skeptic, who knows! I presented my writings to an expert who categorized them as post-modern and existentialist, na chi mye huii pata kya govv, na huii. Reminds me of Alamdar’s (ra) “be kuss rishi, mye kya naav” (I have no clue who I am). Traveling gives me ample time to think. For some,…
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Message to the Beginners in Learning | Adab | Kashmiri Traditions | Sneak sPeak
Many of our young ask where they should begin their journey from, what the initial texts of learning should be. This video addresses the question briefly. I hope it is of any help to the seekers of knowledge. This video is relevant in the modern era where there is a lot of confusion in knowledge. It throws some light on etiquette (adab) of learning and knowing one’s station.
Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment
