Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
4-MODULE ONLINE COURSE
Study a Seminal Text
of the Yoga Tradition
Are you ready to explore yoga beyond the mat or want to deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy with the guy who literally wrote the book on the subject?
Many yoga workshops and teacher trainings pay little attention to a close reading of yoga's core texts; but doing so is central to a deep and sensitive understanding of yoga's philosophy. This course will undertake a close reading of yoga as presented in the traditional Hindu sourcebook on the subject, the 3rd century Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, where it is defined as “the stilling of all states of mind” (i.e. meditative practices).
In Professor Bryant's 8-Module Course, transform your knowledge of Yoga.
Build a foundational knowledge of Sanskrit concepts
Build Knowledge
Apply this knowledge to personal yoga teaching and practice.
Apply Practically
Study with the scholar who wrote the most popular translation of the Yoga Sūtras.
Study Deeply
The Yoga Sūtras is the classical text on meditative practice accepted as authoritative by all the orthodox Hindu schools.
Your reading of it will be informed by the primary commentaries that have elaborated on the source text over the centuries prior to the colonial period.
You will thus read the most important sections of the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali yoga and engage it through pre-modern perspectives.
You will encounter what yoga has meant in Indian traditions for two millennia prior to being transplanted to the West.
Why study the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali?
Participants in this course will learn how to:
Encounter what yoga has meant in Indian traditions for two millennia prior to being transplanted to the West.
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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 Vedic history, yoga, and the Krishna tradition. In addition to his academic work for the scholarly community, Edwin's Penguin World Classics translation of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, the traditional source for the story of Krishna's incarnation, is both for Indology specialists as well as students and those interested in Hinduism from the general reading public and the yoga community.
About Your Teacher, Professor Edwin Bryant
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