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Jonathan Dickstein on Vegetarianism in Classical Yoga (#55)
Jonathan Dickstein on Vegetarianism in Classical Yoga (#55)
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Jonathan Dickstein is a PhD student in Religious Studies at the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara. He researches South Asian religions, Animals and Religion, and Comparative Ethics. He earned a MA in Religious Studies from the University of Colorado-Boulder and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan is currently working on two projects. The first is a comprehensive study of the figure of Īśvara in the Pātañjalayogaśāstra, and the second looks at violence and the moral standing of nonhuman animals in Indian Philosophy. Jonathan is an Intermediate level Iyengar Yoga instructor who offers classes and workshops on philosophy and ethics in addition to āsana and prāṇāyāma.
Released:
Sep 9, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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