24. Jvala Singh | The History of Sikhi and Yoga

In this episode we sit down with Sikh scholar and historian Jvala
Singh to discuss the history of yoga within Sikhi, the topic of
his upcoming Yogic Studies course YS 116 | Sikhism and Yoga.
Jvala tells Seth how he met his teacher, his work translating
tales of the ten Gurus from the 19th century Sūraj Prakāś, the
joys of podcasting, and the publication of Jvala's recent book 54
Punjabi Proverbs (2019, Tattva). They also discuss the legacy of
Yogi Bhajan within the Sikh community.

Speaker Bio

Jvala Singh is a lecturer for UC Berkeley at the Institute for
South Asia Studies. He is currently completing his PhD at the
University of British Columbia, where he is examining
pre-colonial Sikh historical narratives. His research explores
literature in Punjabi and Brajbhāṣā from the 18th and 19th
centuries, building off his previous M.A. research completed at
the University of Toronto, where he focused on Sikh Brajbhāṣā
versions of Sanskrit epics, such as the Rāmāyaṇa. 


In furthering the accessibility of pre-colonial Sikh Brajbhāṣā
texts, Singh runs the Suraj Podcast, where each episode is a
chapter summary in English of the voluminous Sūraj Prakāś (1843
CE)—a historical narrative covering the lives of the ten Sikh
Gurus written by Santokh Singh (1787-1844).

Links


YS 116 | Sikhism and Yoga

manglacharan.com

54 Punjabi Proverbs (2019, Tattva)