Siraput and Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhism
It was summer of 2018 when one fine day at my office I took a coffee break. One person approached me and started asking about my well being. I am not a complete loner so I have my share of friendly colleagues. But this person was an Intern in my office and had no specific reason to talk to me. I was amused because in labor code-of-conduct generally this is a breach of social ladder! And anyways in that pre-pandemic World who used to ask for welfare of a stranger? I learnt over the next half an hour that this person is working in our ML team and is a PhD graduate student at Caltech, California. Next I learnt that his subject is to study the satellite images and gauge Carbon Dioxide percentage in the atmosphere. This was great because I couldn't believe that somebody with that kind of work pressure can be so cheerful. I studied over the course of a few more coffee breaks that he is a Buddhist follower . And he chants every morning. Again I couldn’t believe that a 25 year old chants...
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