EP 329: Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram w/Dr. Swasti Bhattacharyya

Swasti Bhattacharyya (PhD, RN) Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Religion, has been researching, writing, and teaching in religious studies and applied ethics for over two decades. She examines ethical issues from multiple philosophical and religious perspectives. Her work is rooted in her upbringing as a daughter of an immigrant Hindu father from India and a Japanese Buddhist mother born and raised in Hawai'i. She utilized her experiences as a registered nurse and as an applied ethicist in several publications presenting Hindu perspectives on bioethical issues and on cultural humility. Her current creative nonfiction project combines her academic expertise with her long-term relationships with the women of the Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram, an intentional, spiritually-focused women's community in rural central India. Visit Sacred Writes:

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EP 329: Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram w/Dr. Swasti Bhattacharyya is an episode from The Classical Ideas Podcast by Gregory Soden.

This episode is 38:51 long.

This episode was published on Jul 23, 2025.

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