THE ROOTS of YOGA and THE DIVERSE
TRADITIONS of HINDU SPIRITUALITY
EDWIN BRYANT Interviewed by KOMAL MAJMUNDAR and JAWID MOJADDEDI
Edwin Bryant is professor of Indian religions at Rutgers University, where he teaches courses on Hindu philosophy and religion. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, published six books and authored a number of articles on Vedic history, yoga, and the Krishna tradition. He is probably better known outside of the academic world for his Penguin World Classics translation of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, the traditional source for the story of Krishna’s incarnation, and his monumental translation of and commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), He is known in particular for striving to combine academic scholarship and rigor with sensitivity towards traditional knowledge systems, teaching both college courses and workshops on the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and Hindu Philosophy at yoga studios and teacher training courses throughout North America. READ MORE