Action Research Project (Capstone)
The Action Research Project is where the MA in Applied Buddhism comes to life. This capstone integrates students’ development as scholar–meditator–practitioners through a values-based, action-oriented research process. Grounded in action research methodology [...]
Minimum Technology Requirements
The Maitripa College hybrid low-residency model offers students both onsite and online course delivery formats, creating the conditions for an educational journey grounded in spiritual and community formation. A computer (ideally a [...]
Spiritual Formation Lab
What We Mean by “Spiritual Formation” At Maitripa College, spiritual formation is an intentional, lineage-rooted, and assessable process that integrates academic study, contemplative practice, ethical development, and, where appropriate, professional identity. Formation [...]
Low-Residency Transformation at Maitripa College
A Mission-Rooted, Student-Centered Evolution of Graduate Education Forming Scholar-Practitioners for Our Time Maitripa College’s Master of Arts degree program is a rigorous course of study grounded in traditional Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice [...]
Dr. Willis on Scholar-Practitioners
Please enjoy this short clip:
Dr. Michael Ium (1984-2025)
The Maitripa College community mourns the sudden loss of a brilliant and most kind alum, Dr. Michael Ium (MA 2014). We delighted in his passion for Buddhist Studies and community while he was a [...]
Lapis Spring 2025
Please enjoy our Spring 2025 issue of Lapis The Learning Story, A Digital Journal. This issue features articles by Maitripa scholars on the topic of "Translating Classical Tibetan at Maitripa College." Click on "read [...]
His Holiness Long Life ~ Mani Mantra Recitation Initiative
Dear Friends, You are warmly invited to join the FPMT community in this very special His Holiness Long Life ~ Mani Mantra Recitation Initiative, where students are invited to recite the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra. The total of all the recitations will be offered [...]
Thank You for Joining the Maitripa Membership Mandala!
Thank you for joining the Maitripa Membership Mandala! You will be hearing more from us very soon!
Maitripa Mandala Membership
ANNOUNCING! Under the direction and vision of Yangsi Rinpoche, the mandala of Maitripa College is growing! We are excited to bring you the opportunity of Maitripa Mandala Membership in order to connect you more closely [...]

