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2010 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
JANUARY 27: Spring 2010 Semester Begins
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The MASTER OF DIVINITY PROGRAM is a 44-credit graduate degree program under the direction of Yangsi Rinpoche.

The Master of Divinity program is designed for students seeking a practical, in-depth, and critical understanding of Buddhist thought, with a strong emphasis on real-life application, both internally and in service to the community. The program couples meditative training and active service in community partnerships with a core philosophical curriculum designed to ground the student in Buddhist principles, logic, philosophical arguments, meditative techniques, and methodology to effectively act as an agent of positive change in the world.

The program may be completed as a full- or part-time student. Full-time students must take a minimum of 7 credits per semester, and are eligible for scholarship funds. Part-time students may take as few as 3 credits per semester, but are not eligible for scholarship funds, and may take up to 5 years to complete the degree.


MAITRIPA COLLEGE MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDIV): LEARNING OUTCOMES

Philosophy & Theology: Students will have a sophisticated understanding of the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophy, the issues at stake for Buddhist philosophers, and the approaches Tibetan and Western scholars take toward understanding this body of work. Students will be familiar with the history, authors, and texts significant in the development of Buddhist thought in India and Tibet.

Students will have an understanding of the doctrines of Buddhist thought as they are practiced in both the historical and contemporary religions of Buddhism in both the eastern and the evolving western traditions. They will demonstrate knowledge of the interaction of religious/spiritual experience and culture as it has played out historically in Buddhism. They will be able to articulate a personal theology and have the ability to draw on Buddhist perspectives to nurture the development of a spiritual worldview (whatever it may be) in others with equanimity and respect.

Meditation: Students will have solid awareness and fluency in the terminology of the vast corpus of techniques and practices of Buddhist meditation. Students will be able to identify appropriate meditation practices to combat specific psychological problems and apply them to their own minds. They will be able to communicate these techniques to others appropriately in both secular and religious contexts. They will be able to live from an understanding of self informed by introspection, and an understanding of others as informed by wisdom and compassion.

Social Service: Students will be able to assess community needs, develop strategies for meeting those needs, and actively work to bring concrete benefit to their communities through the practice of social service. They will be able to integrate Buddhist concepts of compassion, patience, joyous effort, and so forth into their work, and communicate these concepts to others as strategies for service. Students will have the ability to draw on Buddhist perspectives to engage with their communities and become leaders and agents of positive change in our world.

The Educational Mission of Maitripa College : Developing the Wisdom to Sustain Compassion

Maitripa College's educational program is based in the conviction that Buddhist thought and practice has significant contributions to make to American society and culture. On the basis of a worldview that emphasizes the interdependence of individual, society, and the environment, Buddhism encourages the cultivation of wisdom to create compassionate individuals with a sense of responsibility for the community and world they live in. Maitripa College seeks to do this through the powerful medium of higher education, through the offering and development of degree programs for adults. The core program at Maitripa integrates rigorous training in Buddhist thought and philosophy with the application of those ideas through contemplative practice and active community service. In the process, Maitripa combines aspects of a modern liberal arts education with traditional tools from Tibetan Buddhist scholarship.

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