Lauren Bausch
Professor Lauren M. Bausch has been teaching at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ since 2015. A specialist in the Br¨¡hma?a texts, she investigates the relationship between Vedic tradition and early Indian Buddhism. She edited?Self, Sacrifice, and Cosmos: Vedic Thought, Ritual, and Philosophy?(Primus Books, 2019) and is currently working on a book about the?Vedic Philosophy of Language and Causality.?A scholar-practitioner, she reads classical texts with a mind to apply their wisdom in order to awaken her own. Lauren was awarded the International Association of Sanskrit Studies¡¯ Honorary Research Fellowship in 2019, thanks to which she organized a seminar on the Vedic Philosophy of Language at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune, India. Passionate about interreligious dialogue, translation, education, and practice, she supports Sanskrit learning and the Institute for World Religions at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. In addition, she contributes to developing the curriculum for the Contemplative Exercise Immersions at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Lauren enjoys traveling in India, meditating, and watching?Star Wars
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2015
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
M.A., Graduate Theological Union, 2006
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Positions
Professor, 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 2022¨C
Assistant Professor, 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 2015-2022
Program Assistant, Institute for World Religions, 2005-2008
Publications
Editor,?Self, Sacrifice, and Cosmos: Vedic Thought, Ritual, and Philosophy. Delhi: Primus Books, 2019.
¡°Avalokite?varo Vi?var¨±p¨©,¡± in?Transcending Boundaries: Premodern Cultural Transactions across Asia. Essays in Honour of Osmund Bopearachchi.?Ed. Susmita Basu Majumdar. Delhi: Primus Books, 2024.
¡°Dual var?a in Vedic texts,¡± in??abd¨¡nugama?: Indian linguistic studies in honor of George Cardona,?Vol. 2. Ed. Peter M. Scharf. The Sanskrit Library, 2022.
¡°Br¨¢hman as the Absolute in Late Br¨¡hma?a Texts,¡±?Yogad¨¡nam: Contribution of Prof. G.U. Thite to Sanskrit Studies.?Ed. Ravindra Muley and Mugdha Gadgil. Pune: Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, 2021.
¡°Philosophy of Language in the ?gveda,¡±?Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute?XCVII, ed. S.S. Bahulkar and Shilpa Sumant. 2020.
¡°±Ê°ù²¹³Ù¾±??³ó¨¡?in the Br¨¡hma?as and ?ra?yakas,¡± in?Self, Sacrifice, and Cosmos: Vedic Thought, Ritual, and Philosophy, ed. Lauren Bausch. Delhi: Primus Books, 2019.
¡°The K¨¡?va Br¨¡hma?as and Buddhists in Kosala,¡±?Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies?41, 2018, pp. 27-53, doi: 10.2143/JIABS.41.0.3285738.
¡°Vedic Travel: The Agnihotra and Beyond,¡± in?Decolonial Travel. Ed. Avishek Ray. Routledge, forthcoming.
¡°S¨±rya Reliefs in Early Buddhist Art,¡± in?Les Actes du colloque en l¡¯honneur de Francine Tissot, ?cole Normale Sup¨¦rieure, ed. Jessie Pons. Paris: Br¨¦pols, forthcoming.
¡°Parisa?khy¨¡na: ?a?kar¨¡c¨¡rya¡¯s Method for Knowing Oneself,¡± in a volume ed. Shashiprabha Kumar. Delhi: Bharatiya Viday Bhavan, forthcoming.
