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The Wise Studies PodcastWhat is the Relationship Between Yoga & Buddhism? with Karen O'Brien-KopIn this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O’Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral research at SOAS was on the intertextuality of Pātañjala yoga and Buddhist yoga in the classical era. She was a co-founder of the Sanskrit Reading Room and is a committee member of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.You can hear Karen’s excellent 4 hour audio course The Philosophy of the Yoga S...
2021-09-0831 minThe Wise Studies PodcastPurusha & Prakriti with Karen O'Brien-KopIn this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O'Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral research at SOAS was on the intertextuality of Pātañjala yoga and Buddhist yoga in the classical era. She was a co-founder of the Sanskrit Reading Room and is a committee member of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies. You can hear Karen’s excellent 4 hour audio course The Philosophy of the Yoga Sutra...
2020-08-0149 min
Lonely Guru Dialogues with Ryan SpielmanLG35 – Karen O’Brien-Kop – Purusha and PrakritiMy guest is Karen O’Brien-Kop. In this episode we discuss two foundational concepts found in the Sankya philosphy, Purusha and Prakriti or pure consciousness and nature, which underpin the main ideas in much of yoga practice including the seminal text, the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali.
Karen has been practising yoga in different forms since 1995. After a decade teaching yoga she began pursuing the academic study of yoga. Karen completed the MA in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, in 2014 and is now continuing a PhD in the...
2016-11-2050 min
Longelyguru Yoga DialoguesLG35 – Karen O’Brien-Kop – Purusha and PrakritiMy guest is Karen O’Brien-Kop. In this episode we discuss two foundational concepts found in the Sankya philosphy, Purusha and Prakriti or pure consciousness and nature, which underpin the main ideas in much of yoga practice including the seminal text, the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. Karen has been practising yoga in different forms since 1995. […]
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2016-11-2050 min
Lonely Guru Dialogues with Ryan SpielmanLG35 – Karen O’Brien-Kop – Purusha and PrakritiMy guest is Karen O’Brien-Kop. In this episode we discuss two foundational concepts found in the Sankya philosphy, Purusha and Prakriti or pure consciousness and nature, which underpin the main ideas in much of yoga practice including the seminal text,...
2016-11-2050 min