{"id":705,"date":"2006-09-09T00:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-09T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2006\/09\/life-again-too-busy\/"},"modified":"2006-09-09T00:52:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-09T00:52:00","slug":"life-again-too-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2006\/09\/life-again-too-busy.html","title":{"rendered":"Life: again, too busy…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It\u2019s becoming far too common a complaint for me; and really it\u2019s not even a complaint as much as an acknowledgement: I\u2019m very, very, very busy. <\/p>\n

The downside is that I\u2019m not able to go over class notes and post interesting (to me at least) bits from my courses each day or so.<\/p>\n

The upside is that I\u2019m living my dream, insofar as \u201cteaching Buddhism\u201d has long been my dream. Speaking of which, things are going well so far. The material has been all background: the Indus Valley Civilization, the introduction of the Indo-Europeans in 1500 BCE, the Vedas, Brahmanic Culture, etc. None of it is my strong suit, so I only hope that when we get to my favorite aspects of Buddhism (as it develops, changes, adapts to new philosophical and cultural landscapes) I\u2019ll be better able to convey the material. The students have been great though, very engaging and bright, and asking good questions. Next week we talk about \u201cBuddhism\u2019s Radical<\/span> response\u201d to the culture of its day\u2026 should be good.<\/p>\n

Other good news is that I\u2019ve been given an \u201cIntro to Tibetan Buddhism\u201d class for the Spring. I\u2019ll only have 30 or so students then, which means a break from lecturing and hopefully a chance to learn with<\/span> the students.
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In other news\u2026 I\u2019m quite sure I\u2019ll go to Hawaii in January (the cost is high, but I think the mental health benefits \u2013 getting out of the gloomy Missoula winter \u2013 make up for it). I will also go to England in the Spring, in late March. Ostensibly it is to visit Ph.D. programs in London and Liverpool, but my real reason is to see Ana again. Right now it is set to be a 9-day trip over my Spring break, but there is a Graduate Research Conference in Bristol on the 17th, a week before I had planned on going. So I may make it a 2-week trip\u2026 (more time with Ana \ud83d\ude42
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That\u2019s all for now\u2026 Hopefully soon I\u2019ll be posting on less mundane topics again, but for now this is all I\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

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