Out of office

Bored and going out for a stroll. Back in October.

New inroads into the study of Sanskrit

When my distinguished colleague, Naomi Appleton, is not busy with her research or organizing the Buddhist Studies Group seminars - that is all three and a half minutes per day -, she is establishing an exciting new inter-disciplinary subject: academic baking.

Besides the obvious advantages the process puts into practice a good number of the pāramitās: you need great effort (vīrya) and discipline (śīla) to bake these things with one-pointed concentration (dhyāna) and insight (prajñā) as concerning the ingredients. Finally, the products are distributed with great generosity (dāna) among sentient beings. I guess Naomi will have to find other ways to practice forbearance (kṣānti) as I still haven't met anyone so lacking taste-buds as to criticize her culinary talents. Indeed, there is nothing like having a piece of "Indo-European language family tree" on the steps of the Clarendon building.

It is hoped that this scholarly zeitschrift will thrive... sarvasattvānāṃ hitāya sarvasattvānāṃ sukhāya. Maṅgalam.