MASTER OF ARTS IN APPLIED BUDDHISM

Study Buddhism Deeply.
Transform Your Life.

A Low-Residency Cohort-based Graduate Program that Helps You Integrate Buddhist Wisdom into Your Life and Work Without Relocating

The MA in Applied Buddhism offers a rare integration of rigorous academic study and contemplative practice. Learn with lineage-trained faculty, engage deeply with classical Buddhist texts, cultivate self-awareness, and develop skills for teaching, leadership, or further academic study. This is applied dharma for real life and real work—integrating scholarship, meditation, and ethical service.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Three integrated pillars:
Scholarship, Meditation, & Service

  • Applied Buddhist Knowledge
  • Critical Inquiry & Communication

  • Contemplative Practice & Understanding

  • Reflective Integration

  • Compassionate & Ethical Engagement

  • Self-Reflection, Identity & Social Responsibility

WHO THIS PROGRAM IS FOR

  • Working adults
  • Dharma practitioners
  • Students drawn to applied inquiry through an Action Research capstone
  • Educators & contemplative facilitators
  • Community leaders & nonprofit practitioners

PROGRAM FEATURES

Flexible Low-Residency Format

Small Cohorts
& Faculty Mentorship

Affordable Tuition

Applied Pathways for Chaplains, Educators, & Practitioners

Transformative
In-Person Retreats

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