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Yoga Sutras and Sāṁkhya lecture on Īśvara (Edwin Bryant)
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A lecture by Edwin Bryant on the concept of Īśvara (a personal god or special self) in the Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali and in the Sāṁkhya school, examining how theistic and non-theistic strands of Sāṁkhya relate to it.
Commenters call it a fantastic lecture that corrects the common claim that Sāṁkhya is atheistic, by explaining Patanjali's theistic treatment of Īśvara.
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This is not true. There are both theistic and atheistic branches in the Sāṁkhya school. It is a myth that Sāṁkhya is atheistic. In fact, Patanjali himself is in the theistic school of Sāṁkhya as he talks about: "īśvara praṇidhāna" in the sūtras and even defines īśvara.
Here's a fantastic lecture by Edwin Bryant discussing the Īśvara of Yoga Sūtras and Sāṁkhya in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGXzTf6ZA-4