<p>Anybody here doing Sanskrit and Indian studies?</p>
<p>No, but if I get accepted it's probably the department I'll take the most courses from outside of my own concentration (Astronomy w/ Physics). Definitely plan to take a few courses in elementary Sanskrit, Hindi mythology, literature, etc. It's a cool concentration, I'd think ;) Are you looking into it?</p>
<p>If you're curious, check out this site:</p>
<p>And particularly the "Manifestations of Shiva" lecture (there's also an awesome astronomy lecture!!). This is one of the pages I was planning to spend a lot of time on this break if I were accepted EA, to get excited for going to Harvard. But whatever :p Those two lectures I'm definitely going to get around to soon, they're just so long!</p>
<p>If you're interested in that stuff Guitarman, read "Tao of Physics". Might be something you'll find interesting</p>
<p>My main interest is Tibetan studies, but if I were to go to Harvard, I would probably major in Sanskrit and Indian studies and take a few Hindu mythology courses.</p>
<p>Interesting, I might check it out. I notice it's published by Shambhala, which I'm very familiar with. I've always found myself more interested in the Hindu religion than Buddhism, largely because of its rich mythology (see the Mahabharata, ahh!), but I've always found eastern philosophy pretty interesting too so this book looks like it could be good. Shambhala publishes most or all of Ken Wilber's stuff, if you've heard of him. He's got some really interesting philosophy and his most notable philosophy--integral theory--is some pretty fascinating stuff. I'm good friends with a Zen Buddhist so he gets me into all of this stuff ;) hehe</p>