meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

On Freedom and Fatalism: The Yogavasistha and Arthur Schopenhauer | Dr. Aleksandar Uskokov

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dr. Aleksandar Uskokov is Senior Lector in Sanskrit in the South Asian Studies Council. He works in Indian philosophy and the history of ideas, primarily in the traditions of Vedānta, Mīmāṁsā, and Vaishnavism. He holds a PhD in South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago, and a BA and an MA in philosophy from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. His most recent book publication is The Philosophy of The Brahma-sutra: An Introduction from Bloomsbury Academic. Aleksandar has also published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, the Journal of Hindu Studies, and the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, as well as in the Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. In addition, he has published Macedonian translations of select Upaniṣads, Kālidāsa’s Abhijñāna-Śākuntalam, the Nalopakhyāna, and the Hitopadeśa.


🙏 Please Support the Vedanta Society of New York

http://www.vedantany.org/donate


🌐 Please Visit Us


📙 Books by Swami Sarvapriyananda


Lecture Series by Swami Sarvapriyananda

📓 Introductory Lectures: https://www.vedantany.org/introductor...

📚 Vedanta Scriptures: https://www.vedantany.org/by-scriptures

🧩 Lectures by Topics: https://www.vedantany.org/by-topic

💬 AskSwami Q&A: https://www.vedantany.org/ask-swami-qa


📖 Scriptures Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda

   • Aparokshanubhuti | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Bhagavad Gita | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriy...  

   • Dṛg Dṛśya Viveka | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami Sarv...  

   • Isha Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Katha Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Kena Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Mandukya Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Mundaka Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda  

   • Vedantasara of Sadananda | Swami Sarvapriy...  


🪔 About Vedanta

Vedanta is among the world’s oldest spiritual philosophies and one of its most inclusive. Rooted in the Vedas, India’s sacred scriptures, Vedanta upholds the unity of all existence, the divinity of the soul, and harmony among religions.


🏛️ About This Channel

This is the official channel of the Vedanta Society of New York, a spiritual institution affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India and holds the distinction of being its first established Center, founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1894. Swami Sarvapriyananda currently serves as the Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.


📜 Content Use Policy

https://www.vedantany.org/content-policy



Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Good morning and namaskar.

0:12.0

Today we welcome from Yale University, Dr. Alexander Yuskov, senior lecturer in Sanskrit

0:20.5

and director of undergraduate

0:22.4

studies, South Asian

0:24.4

Studies, and also

0:26.3

coordinator of the Buddhist

0:28.5

Studies Initiative.

0:30.9

He is an historian of

0:32.4

pre-modern Indian philosophy

0:34.0

and religion, approached

0:36.4

through the lens

0:37.5

of the history of ideas.

0:39.8

His area of specialization is Vedanta construed broadly

0:46.3

and its interaction with other knowledge systems

0:49.9

on the one hand and Vashnizim on the other.

0:54.3

His focus is also on the foundational texts of Vedanta,

0:59.1

the Upanishads, Brahmasutra, and the Bhagavad Gita.

1:04.3

He holds a PhD in South Asian languages and civilizations

1:09.6

from the University of Chicago and a BA and an

1:14.2

MA in philosophy from the Saint Cyril and Methodius University of Scopia in

1:21.3

North Macedonia. His most recent book publication is the philosophy of the Ramasutra,

1:28.8

an introduction which is published from Bloomsbury Academic.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vedanta Society of New York, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vedanta Society of New York and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.