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LS Summer, MA, taught Sanskrit at Naropa from 2000 to 2019, and 2024 to present. She also teaches at Ayurved Sadhana Vidalaya in Superior, CO. Additionally, she was a Visiting Instructor at Colorado College from 2005 to 2008 and taught at the World Center for Languages and Cultures at the University of Denver in the fall of 2015. Her Sanskrit training began at Naropa University, where she received the MA in Buddhist Studies with a concentration in Sanskrit in 1995. Additional study has been completed with Vyaas Houston, founder of the American Sanskrit Institute, and with the esteemed Dr. Ram Karan Sharma. Areas of focus include Buddhist texts, especially the prajñāpāramita; Upanishads, Yoga Sutras, and selections from the epic tradition. Other academic insterests include pre-buddhist India, Buddhism’s relationship to the Sanskrit language, textual analysis, and the process of translation.
