Snapshots from India: Professor Bausch’s Fulbright Journey

Professor Lauren Bausch arrived in Pune, India on July 4 after getting the prestigious Fulbright Scholar award for research. She is hosted by the Department of P?li and Buddhist Studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University, where she enjoys regular Sanskrit workshops on Buddhist texts. At Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, she has been meeting regularly with Professor Thite, a leading expert in the field of Br?hma?a texts, to translate Vedic passages and discuss what they mean. She spends most of her time reading, translating, and gathering materials for her research. She has written almost 150 single-spaced pages since she arrived but still has much work to do in her remaining time in India.

Lauren shares photos from her experience in India so far. She is determined to make the most out of her time as a Fulbright-Nehru scholar doing research in India. She devotes most of her time to researching and writing her book on Vedic philosophy, but she has also started interviewing Brahmins to find out more about the living Vedic tradition. To support her meditation practice, Lauren practices yoga twice a week under a longtime student of Iyengar. She was fortunate to spend a week writing in the Him?layan region of Leh (Ladakh), which has a millennium-long Buddhist tradition.

Here is her message to the DRBU community – 

I hope everybody’s having a great year! I’ve been talking about DRBU with many people here. I’m working with the head of the Department of P?li to lead a Contemplative Exercise Immersion (CEI) for the Department of P?li and Buddhist Studies in December. I hope also to share with them our pedagogy of ‘Shared Inquiry’. Hopefully, they can get a taste of it, and I can share that on behalf of DRBU. This time to think through Vedic philosophy and answer some long-standing questions is extremely satisfying. I am thoroughly enjoying being part of the vibrant community in the P?li Department and learning from my colleagues here.

Read more about her Fulbright award and research

With three great Sanskrit teachers World Heritage Week celebration with ASI at Kanheri With Hemant Rajopadyay, Sanskrit scholar Volunteering with the sports camp at Maher Reading with Prof Thite Prof. Thite Presenting books to the head of the Pa?li Department, Prof Mahesh Deokar Pali Dept faculty Diwali party Pa?li Department workshop on the Tridan?d?ama?la? Nashik visit Lunch with SPPU faculty Lunch with Pali Dept faculty and students Living Vedic tradition Living Vedic tradition, students preparing for examination Living Vedic tradition interviews (this one was in Sanskrit!) Kanheri caves visit Indologists celebrating Dussehra Head librarian lending me books at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Hanging out with Maitreya Confluence of the Indus and Zanskar Rivers Bha?ja? caves Bedsa Caves Attending a workshop in the Dept of Pa?li

 

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