25. Edwin Bryant | Bhakti Yoga and the Bhāgavatapurāṇa

In this episode we speak with Edwin Bryant about his upcoming
course,  YS 205 | Bhakti Yoga: The Bhāgavatapurāṇa and his
latest book Bhakti Yoga: Tales and Teachings from the Bhāgavata
Purāṇa (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017). Dr. Bryant regales
Seth with stories of hitchhiking through India in his youth while
studying Sanskrit and Hindi, and meeting his guru in the holy
city of Vrindavan. He also talks about his translation of the
Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, his dissertation exploring the
Indo-Aryan migration theory, and his upcoming work In Defense of
a God with Form.

Speaker Bio


Edwin Bryant received his Ph.D in Indic languages and Cultures
from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard
University for three years, and is presently the professor of
Hinduism at Rutgers University where he teaches courses on Hindu
philosophy and religion. He has received numerous awards and
fellowships, published eight books, and authored a number of
articles on the earliest origins of Vedic culture, yoga
philosophy, and the Kṛṣṇa tradition. These include Bryant’s
translation of and commentary on The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), and more recently its sequel
entitled Bhakti Yoga: Tales and Teachings from the Bhāgavata
Purāṇa (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017).

Links


YS 205 | Bhakti Yoga: The Bhāgavatapurāṇa

https://rutgers.academia.edu/EdwinBryant

https://www.edwinbryant.com