Reflection: The Ineffable Rewards of Being a Leader and Learner

Here are my thoughts, after having completed my first summer of research. I try to pin down the immense satisfaction and joy that my project has brought to my professional and personal life—or simply, my life.

Sep 05, 2023

Mridula Sathyanarayanan

Student, University of Toronto

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Mridula Sathyanarayanan (She/Her)

Student, University of Toronto

Hi everyone! I am a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. My primary academic interests include the science of well-being, philosophy of mind, and subjective impacts of contemplative traditions. My research project surrounds how Buddhist-inspired meditation practices impact the phenomenology of experienced meditations, specifically their sense of self, objecthood, and command over their emotion.

I am originally from India, but I graciously got to spend my childhood across six other countries: Zimbabwe, Nepal, Kenya, Switzerland, Bangladesh, and Qatar. Witnessing so many diverse contexts has opened me up to unique traditions, patterns of behaviour, and problems that characterize our world.

I look forward to meeting and learning from the extremely talented and passionate members of the Laidlaw community :)