Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of expert scholars and educators in the fields of Yoga Studies, Indology, Religious Studies, and South Asian Studies.
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).
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Selected Publications:
- 2017. Bhakti Yoga: Tales and Teachings from the Bhagavata Purana. North Point Press.
- 2013. Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy. Co-edited with Matthew Dasti. Oxford University Press.
- 2009. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. North Point Press.
- 2007. Krishna: A Sourcebook. Editor. Oxford University Press.
- 2005. The Indo-Aryan Controversy Evidence and Inference in Indian History. Co-edited with Laurie Patton. Routledge.
- 2004. The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. Co-edited with Maria Ekstrand. Columbia University Press.
- 2003. Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God. Penguin Books.
- 2001. The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: Indo-Aryan Migration Debate. Oxford University Press.
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