{"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":"2026-08-26T20:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:59:18","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: #33cccc\">ONGOING <\/span>COURSES (<span style=\"color: #33cccc\">2<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\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<h6><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \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><\/h6>\n<h6>Before clicking on the link above, open <em><strong>Zoom<\/strong><\/em> and clicking on your photo (top right) select <strong><em>&#8216;Settings&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>on the menu, then click on &#8216;<em><strong>W<\/strong><strong>eb seminars and Meetings&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(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.<\/h6>\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 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">EST | 8\/9 pm Europe<\/span><\/h6>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><strong>Teachings will resume as soon as technical problems are solved and\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><strong> dates will be announced here.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><strong>2-<span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/an-easy-introduction-to-sanskrit-videos-aklujkar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2026 Sanskrit , an easy introduction (A.Aklujkar)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">&#8211;Sanskrit, an easy introduction to an enchanting language- Ashok Aklujkar&#8211;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/edwin-bryant\/invocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Invocation<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Teachings will resume as soon as technical problems are solved and\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong> dates will be announced here.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><em> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong>To join this course and the active community of Sanskrit, please email Alice: <span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33cccc\" href=\"mailto:yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com\">yogawithwanderingalice@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">\u00a0================================================================================<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">As always, the <\/span><em style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya<\/em><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\"> is by voluntary donation \u2013 everyone is requested to give something according to means and inclination \u2013 half of which goes to the <\/span><em style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">g\u014d\u015b\u0101l\u0101<\/em><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\"> charity outlined on the website (<\/span><em style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">if anyone wishes to see my receipts contact me privately<\/em><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 1.728em;font-weight: inherit\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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. 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