{"id":1318,"date":"2020-11-22T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/?page_id=1318"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:14:22","slug":"study-of-yoga-texts-svadhyaya-arranged-by-edwin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/study-of-yoga-texts-svadhyaya-arranged-by-edwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing and future sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\"><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Welcome<strong> to Edwin&#8217;s <em>sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya-\u015b\u0101l\u0101<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1364\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2020\/11\/Krishna-Balaram5-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2020\/11\/Krishna-Balaram5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/2020\/11\/Krishna-Balaram5.png 761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>On the ongoing request of those outside the academic community, especially yoga practitioners, non-specialists interested in Indian philosophy, general spiritual seekers, and the intellectually curious, Edwin conducts periodic, online studies of primary yoga philosophy texts (<em>sv<\/em><em>\u0101<\/em><em>dhy\u0101ya<\/em>), in the mood of making Sanskrit knowledge systems accessible to anyone interested.<\/h4>\n<h4>The courses are free, and all are welcome to avail of them, but those who have the means and the inclination are welcome in accordance with\u00a0<em>dharma<\/em>\u00a0to voluntarily give an honorarium or donation of their choice, as per tradition (<em>guru<\/em>\u00a0<em>dak<\/em><em>\u1e63<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>\u1e47\u0101<\/em>), <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/1423-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half of which will go to Edwin&#8217;s charity in India<\/a>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Past courses can be watched from the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/course-videos-of-sanskrit-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Yoga Philosophy and Sanskrit Grammar Course&#8217;<\/a><\/span> link on this website.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><em><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">PRESENT <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">ONGOING<\/span> COURSES (<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">2<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>1-The <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/bhagavata-pura%e1%b9%87a-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>We are initiating an ongoing (hopefully lifelong) course on <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/bhagavata-pura%e1%b9%87a-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/i><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>The <i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata Pur\u0101\u1e47a <\/i>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">BhP<\/span>) is one of the most important literary masterpieces of Sanskrit.\u00a0 There are 18 <i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/i>, and the <i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata<\/i> is by far the most important.\u00a0 Most <i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/i> have no commentaries, in contrast to the\u00a0<i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata <\/i>which has almost 100 (second place is the Vishnu<i lang=\"sa-Latn\">\u00a0Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/i> , with two commentaries!!).\u00a0 Obviously this is because the beloved story of Krishna in book X takes up a quarter of the entire text (12 books with total 18,000 verses), but\u00a0 in addition to its unique bhakti (featuring <em>rasa<\/em>, <i><span title=\"International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration\"><i lang=\"sa-Latn\">l\u012bl\u0101,<\/i><\/span><\/i> y<i lang=\"sa-Latn\">ogam\u0101y\u0101<\/i>, etc.), the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">BhP<\/span> is also a <em>j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>-rich text.\u00a0 It is my own canonical text in my personal <em>sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0If you are interested in this study, please send your email to Alice at <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com<\/em><\/span> as she is compiling a separate list for the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\"><i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata<\/i>\u00a0sangha. <\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>So, we will only be sending info pertaining to the <\/em><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\"><i lang=\"sa-Latn\">Bh\u0101gavata<\/i><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<\/span>study to those who have sent their emails to Alice\u00a0<\/em><\/span>for this side list, so as not to send out unwanted messages to the entire mailing group, which has become quite expansive.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/invocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>INVOCATION<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">1<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Fri, September 19th- 4pm EST-\u00a0 \u00a09.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">2. Fri, October 3 rd &#8211; 4pm EST-\u00a0 \u00a09.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">3. Fri, October 17th-\u00a0 4pm EST-\u00a0 \u00a09.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">4. Fri, October 31 st-\u00a0 4pm EST-\u00a0 \u00a08.00\/ 9.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Europe <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">daylight savings occurred October 26th<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">5. Fri November 14th- 4pm EST-\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">9.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 USA daylight savings happened November 2nd<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">6. Fri November 28th-\u00a0 1<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">pm EST-\u00a0 6<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">.00\/7.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">7. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SATURDAY December 13th-\u00a0 1pm EST- 6.00\/7.00pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">8. Fri,December 26th- 1pm EST- 6.00\/7.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em><strong>2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">9. Fri, January 9th- 1pm EST- 6.00\/7.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><del><em>10.\u00a0Fri, January 23rd- 4pm EST- 9.00\/10.00 Europe<\/em><\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">10. Fri, February 6th- 4pm EST 9.00\/10.00 Europe<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><del>11. Fri, February 20th- 4pm EST 9.00\/10.00 Europe\u00a0<\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">11.Fri \u1e40arch 6th- 4pm E<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">ST 9.00\/10.00 Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> \u00a0USA daylight savings happened March 8th<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">12. Fri,March 20th-\u00a0 1pm EST -5.00\/6.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Europe daylight savings happened March 29th<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">13.Friday 3rd April\u00a0 5pm <del>4pm<\/del>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">EST | 8\/9 pm Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><del>14.Friday 17th April\u00a0 4pm\u00a0EST | 8\/9 pm Europe<\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><del>14. Monday 20th April -4pm EDT &#8211; 8\/ 9pm Europe<\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">2-\u00a0 Reading <a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/bhagavad-gita-grammar-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bhagavad<\/em><em>-G\u012bt\u0101<\/em> in<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/bhagavad-gita-grammar-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sanskrit<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/sanskrit-course-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(with a focus on the Grammar of Robert P. Goldman :Devav\u0101n\u012bprave\u015bik\u0101)<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>To join this course and the active community of Sanskrit, please email Alice: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\">yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/invocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Invocatio<\/strong><strong>n<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">1-\u00a0Fri, September 12th &#8211;\u00a04.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a09.00 \/ 10.00 pm <\/em>Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><del>2- Fri, September 26th &#8211;\u00a04.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a09.00 \/ 10.00 pm <\/em>Europe<\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">2.\u00a0 Sat, September 27th &#8211;\u00a0 4.00pm EST\u00a0 <em>9.00\/10.00 Europe<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">3-\u00a0 Fri, October 10th &#8211;\u00a04.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a09.00 \/ 10.00 pm <\/em>Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">4-\u00a0 Fri, Oct ober 24th &#8211;\u00a04.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a09.00 \/ 10.00 pm <\/em>Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">5-\u00a0 Fri, November 7th &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">4.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a09.00 \/ 10.00 pm <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Europe-<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 USA daylight savings occurred November 2nd<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">6- Fri, November 21st &#8211; 1<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">.00 pm EST- <em>\u00a06.00 \/ 7.00 pm <\/em>Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">7- Fri, December 5th-\u00a0 4pm EST- <em>9.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">8- Fri, December 19th- 1pm EST- <em>6.00\/7.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong> 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><del>9- Fri, January 2nd- 1pm EST-<em> 6.00\/7.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>10- Fri, January 30th- 4pm EST- 9.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><del>11- Fri, February 13th- 4pmEST- <em>9.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><del>12- Fri, February 27th- 4pm EST- <em>9.00\/10.00 pm Europe<\/em><\/del><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>USA daylight savings happened March 8th<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>11.Fri, March 13th- \u00a01pm EST \/ 5.00\/<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>6.00pm<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em>\u00a0Europe<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">12. Fri, March 27th- 1pm EST- 5.00\/6.00 pm Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Europe daylight savings happened March 29th<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">13.Fri,\u00a0 10th April\u00a0 4pm EST | 8\/9 pm Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><del>14.Fri,\u00a0 24th April\u00a0 4pm EST | 8\/9 pm Europe<\/del><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0As always, the <em>sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya<\/em> is by voluntary donation \u2013 everyone is requested to give something according to means and inclination \u2013 half of which goes to the <em>g\u014d\u015b\u0101l\u0101<\/em> charity outlined on the website (<em>if anyone wishes to see my receipts contact me privately<\/em>).<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/edwins-charity-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>here<\/u><\/a><\/span> to make a donation. Thank you!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/1423-2\/\">Edwin&#8217;s Charity in India<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The link for the workshops is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/rutgers.zoom.us\/my\/edbryant?pwd=NENRRVhkZVJzNzI0SmhIbEEwM1ZDUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/rutgers.zoom.us\/my\/edbryant?pwd=NENRRVhkZVJzNzI0SmhIbEEwM1ZDUT09<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Instructions to be silent when entering the Zoom meeting:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>Before clicking on the link above, open <em><strong>Zoom<\/strong><\/em> and clicking on your photo (top right) select <strong><em>Settings<\/em> <\/strong>on the menu, then click on <em><strong>AUDIO<\/strong><\/em> (menu on the left) and tick the <em><strong>&#8216; MUTE MY MIC when joining`<\/strong><\/em> option to assure you do not interrupt the meeting.<\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All <em>sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya<\/em> video links available<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/course-videos-of-sanskrit-texts\/\"> here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Please<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdhiyoYoyDnvfiPIj0Fd2HfvCS4EQJ1boykV51mRuX7Lreluw\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign-up here<\/a><\/span> to receive updates about upcoming virtual teachings.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em><strong>If you had signed-up, even years ago, <\/strong><\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">PLEASE<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em><strong>, kindly, do not sign-up twice!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\">To unsubscribe, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdn1L2C86_OeEAIYnXyFgTbEOLAEhibSNzBYWbCfMw5-LLGaA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>=============================================================================<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff;color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/study-of-yoga-texts-svadhyaya-arranged-by-edwin\/invocations-3-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-2645\">INVOCATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>==============================================<\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a id=\"LPlnk426077\" style=\"color: #008000\" title=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\" href=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #333333\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Edwin&#8217;s sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya-\u015b\u0101l\u0101 On the ongoing request of those outside the academic community, especially yoga practitioners, non-specialists interested in Indian philosophy, general spiritual seekers, and the intellectually curious, Edwin &hellip; 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