Bhagavān, Bhakti and Philosophy: A Conversation with Dr. Edwin Bryant

Join Mukunda as we speak with Dr. Edwin Bryant, Professor of Religion at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.  Dr. Bryant is a prolific and prodigious scholar of Indian Religions with his primary focus on Hindu Philosophy, Yoga and Bhakti.  He has published eight books and authored a number of articles on the earliest origins of the Vedic culture, yoga philosophy, and the Krishna tradition. These include a Penguin World Classics translation of the story of Krishna’s incarnation, from its traditional source the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa.  In addition to being a scholar and professor, Dr. Bryant has been a personal practitioner of bhakti yoga for over 45 years, a number of them spent in India studying with traditional teachers, where he returns yearly. Edwin strives to combine academic scholarship and rigor with appreciation towards traditional knowledge systems. His teaching method is to allow the ancient texts to speak in their own voice and through their own terms and categories.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Beginning
0:46 - Intro ending
4:39 - How Dr Bryant began practising
13:40 - The nature of the devotional relationship
21:24 - The metaphysics of Samkhya
36:46 - Samkhya and Yoga
50:00 - Yoga and Bhakti in Bhagavad Gita
1:01:40 - Perfect being theology and revelation
1:10:30 - Hinduism and other faiths
1:18:16 - How Dr Bryant entered academia
1:24:17 - The historicity of mythical narratives
1:29:40 - The presence of Hinduism in academia
1:32:30 - On Hindu identity and conversion
1:42:15 - Dr Bryant's religious affiliations
1:49:45 - Bhakti separate from jnana
1:51:30 - Closing remarks and ending


You can find Dr. Edwin Bryant at:
http://edwinbryant.org/
(you can access his books and articles at his website listed above)


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