/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13740042]

Why did Guenon pick Advaita Vedanta as the school that best expressed the perennial truth? Why didn't he for example say that the perennial tradition and religious esoterism really lead to Christianity, Taoism or Buddhism for instance?

[Anonymous No.13740148]

It was the strictest system with the least amount of deviations from the principles of Tradition.

[Anonymous No.13740157]

Because he's a retard, you're a retard, and neither of you understand Buddhism or Taoism.

Learning about Asian religions from 19th century Europeans is the most idiotic thing you can do.

[Anonymous No.13740167]

>>13740157
>Because he's a retard, you're a retard, and neither of you understand Buddhism or Taoism.
Whoa! calm down man, I was just asking a question...

[Anonymous No.13740260]

>>13740148
This.
Caste systems are the perfect tool to ensure a stable live for culture and tradition, even if the lowest suffer.

[Anonymous No.13740273]

>>13740157
>Learning about Asian religions from 19th century Europeans is the most idiotic thing you can do.


Too bad they didn't do that. Most Buddhists are wrong about Buddhism too.

[Anonymous No.13740279]

>>13740260
thats not the point you conservative retard

[Anonymous No.13740285]

>>13740273
Guenon and Evola are literally that, and they relied on bad translations to make baseless, wrong interpretations. Asian Buddhists understand their religion better than these esotericists.

[Anonymous No.13740289]

>>13740260
That's idiotic. It literally just keeps power in the hands of the most privileged. That's about domination, not culture.

[Anonymous No.13740326]

>>13740042
>Guénon
You mean Abd al-Wâhid Yahyâ?

[Anonymous No.13740633]

>>13740260
>implying farmers suffer and that most of them aren't happily content and work less hours than modern wage slaves

[Anonymous No.13740648]

>>13740157
Guenon was initiated into a Vientnamese Taoist triad and understood Taoism better than internet LARPers like you ever will
>>13740285
>Guenon and Evola are literally that, and they relied on bad translations to make baseless, wrong interpretations.
No he didn't you retard, Guenon could read Sanskrit and Chinese

[Anonymous No.13740699]

>>13740289
>in the hands of those who are most worthy and who wield it best
fixed

[Anonymous No.13740756]

>>13740289
>That's idiotic. It literally just keeps power in the hands of the most privileged. That's about domination, not culture.

[Anonymous No.13740768]

>>13740648
>Vientnamese Taoist
Vietnamese never really had great mystical/religious traditions.

[Anonymous No.13740792]

>>13740285
Guenon was the exact opposite of an orientalist. He was a language genius able to speak dozens of ancient languages including Sanskrit. All of his knowledge of ancient religions is first hand.

[Anonymous No.13740821]

>>13740768
The existence of Taoist Triads of an initiatic character with Chinese roots all throughout Vietnam was well documented and studied by the French colonial authorities, who often made comparisons to masonry back in Europe

[Anonymous No.13740828]

>>13740821
Why should I trust the French about anything? Germans and Anglos were the only ones to value intellectual integrity when studying the traditions of other cultures. French were always quixotic and full of themselves.

[Anonymous No.13740836]

>>13740821
Also, knowing the Vietnamese, they probably just make up lineages on the fly, and knowing the French, they'll just believe whatever sounds most pleasing.

[Anonymous No.13740837]

>>13740792
>dozens
Really? Name one dozen of those languages.

[Anonymous No.13740841]

>>13740828
>Germans and Anglos were the only ones to value intellectual integrity when studying the traditions of other cultures

[Anonymous No.13740879]

>>13740837
Coomaraswamy spoke/read dozens, Guenon could do so for around 10

>René (Jean-Marie-Joseph) Guénon was born in 1886 in Blois, France. He obtained degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy, taught for some years in Paris and, during the war, in Algeria. Early in his life, he dominated the Greek, Latin, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Sanskrit, Hebraic, Arabic and later, Chinese languages. Surprising European and Orientals, he maintained conversation with his interlocutors in their own language, mastering both the language and the spirit of distant civilizations.

http://www.reneguenon.net/Ingles/Inglesguenonbiografia.html

[Anonymous No.13740889]

>>13740879
That's six ancient languages, which is half of one dozen

[Anonymous No.13740917]

>>13740889
I was correcting the other poster, who evidently confused Coomaraswamy (who could actually read 20+) and Guenon

[Anonymous No.13740927]

>>13740917
>who could actually read 20+
insane if true

[Anonymous No.13740928]

>>13740837
That's all i could find:
Greek, Latin, English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hebraic, classical Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Mandarin, classical Chinese.

[Anonymous No.13741082]

>>13740157
seething

[Anonymous No.13741260]

>>13740042
because its the final red-pill

[Anonymous No.13741761]

>>13740841
why did he delete his post, was it out of embarrassment?