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| Established: | 1974 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Thomas B. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Coburn |
| Faculty: | 198 |
| Undergraduates: | 451 |
| Postgraduates: | 634 |
| Location: | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| Website: | http://www.naropa.edu |
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Naropa University, founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, is a private liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. 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Foundation to the Common Era Some sources give the date of the Buddha's birth as 563 BCE and others as 624 BCE Theravada Buddhist countries tend to use the latter figure Lists and numbering of Buddhist councils vary between and even within schools Several Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term Background Why the Buddha is said to have taught in this way is illuminated by the social context of the time in which he lived In sramanic philosophy Nirvana (निर्वाण| Nirvāṇa; निब्बान Nibbāna; Prakrit: णिव्वाण The Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures, the Three Refuges, or the Triple Gem, are the three things that Buddhists take refuge Several Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term According to the Buddhist tradition all phenomena other than Nirvana, ( sankhara) are marked by three characteristics sometimes referred to as the Dharma seals In Buddhist phenomenology and Soteriology, the five skandhas ( Sanskrit) or khandhas ( Pāli) are five "aggregates" Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the universe according to the canonical Buddhist scriptures and commentaries Rebirth in Buddhism is the doctrine that the consciousness of a person (as conventionally regarded upon the death or dissolution of the aggregates ( Skandhas Dhamma ( Pāli: धम्म or Dharma (धर्म in Buddhism has two primary meanings the teachings of the Buddha which lead to enlightenment The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda (Sanskrit paticcasamuppāda; rten Karma ( Sanskrit: कर्मन karman, Pāli: कमा Kamma) means "action" or "doing" whatever A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. 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The Schools of Buddhism. Buddhism is classified in various ways History Origin of the school The Theravāda school is ultimately derived from the Vibhajjavāda (or 'doctrine of analysis' grouping which was a continuation Mahayana ( Sanskrit: mahāyāna, Devanagari: महायान 'Great Vehicle' is one of the two main existing schools of Buddhism and a term for Vajrayana Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayana, Mantranaya, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and The Early Buddhist schools are those schools into which according to most scholars the Buddhist monastic Sangha initially split due originally to differences in The term pre-sectarian Buddhism is used by some scholars to refer to the Buddhism that existed before the various subsects of Buddhism came into being Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways The Western terms "scripture" and "canonical" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars Historicity and Background Place in the Canon Various Mahayana Sutras have been included in the Tibetan Canon and the Chinese Canon. The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined list of Sacred texts recognized by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. The cultural elements of Buddhism vary by region and include Buddhist Festivals and Observances Vesak The following is a List of Buddhist topics: A Abhidharma Aggañña Sutta Ahimsa Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 &ndash April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist Meditation master scholar teacher poet artist and a Trungpa The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States It is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. Nāropā ( Tibetan; Sanskrit: Nādapradā, 956-1041 was an Indian Buddhist mystic and Monk, the disciple of Nālandā is the name of an ancient University in Bihar, India. The school describes itself as "nonsectarian" (probably from the Tibetan ris med), though students are required to engage in some spiritual practice (cf. Rimé is a Buddhist Ecumenical movement founded in Eastern Tibet during the late 19th century largely by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and contemplative education). Contemplative education is a philosophy of Higher education that infuses learning with the experience of awareness insight and compassion for oneself and others through the
Naropa is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA, also referred to as North Central, is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the
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History
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Naropa University was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987), a Karma Kagyu teacher with some Nyingma ties. Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 &ndash April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist Meditation master scholar teacher poet artist and a Trungpa Karma Kagyu ( or Kamtsang, is the largest lineage within the Kagyu school one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug) Trungpa left Tibet in 1959, and later studied at Oxford University, at which time he gave up his monastic vows. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the In 1970 he began giving Buddhist teachings in the United States, where he founded a network of dharma centers (cf. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A Dharma centre is a non monastic Buddhist centre in the community Shambhala Training). Shambhala Training is a Secular approach to Meditation developed by the late Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa and his students The "Naropa Institute" originally met only during the summers, as the equivalent of a Buddhist retreat. The term retreat has several related meanings all of which have in common the notion of safety or temporarily removing oneself from one's usual environment in order to become immersed
Trungpa invited Beat Generation poets Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, John Cage and Diane di Prima to found what came to be called the "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. Since the 1960s Waldman has been an active member of the “Outrider” experimental poetry community WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr Diane di Prima (born August 6 1934 is an American Poet. Biography Early life Di Prima was born in The Jack Kerouac School was founded at Naropa University in 1974 by Beat Generation poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman " Many classes taught by Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and others have been preserved and can be downloaded at the Naropa University Archive Project[1]. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word
One notorious incident involved Trungpa and poet W. S. Merwin, just after Naropa's second summer session in 1975. William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is an American poet An internal report by Ed Sanders described Merwin, along with his companion and fellow poet Dana Naone, as having been accosted and stripped naked by Trungpa's "Vajra Guard," against their objections and cries to call the police. Ed Sanders (born August 17 1939 is an American Poet, Singer, Social activist, Environmentalist, Author and Publisher After the incident they stayed to complete the program, but only after Trungpa promised no further trouble. [1][2][3][4][5]
The school's first formal degree program (also 1975) was an MA in psychology. It was originally designed as an extension of a sixteen-week tantric meditation retreat. Tantra ( Sanskrit: तन्त्र; " Weave " denoting continuity) tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric Naropa's psychology programs continue to enjoy a cozy relationship with the Trungpa organization, and often prescribe its meditation courses.
Trungpa's famous encouragement of free sexual relations and alcohol consumption has left its mark. During the 1980's students at Naropa, no less than at Trungpa's other centers, were forced to confront serious issues of addiction, AIDS (see Ösel Tendzin), and faculty-student sexual relations. Ösel Tendzin ( (died 1990 was a controversial western Buddhist born Thomas F Though the campus culture has become less sectarian over the years, Naropa remains widely known as a "party school," especially in comparison with other Buddhist institutions.
Contemplative education
Naropa promotes an educational philosophy called "contemplative education," in which students are expected to choose from among various spiritual practices recognized and offered by the school. Contemplative education is a philosophy of Higher education that infuses learning with the experience of awareness insight and compassion for oneself and others through the Chief among these is meditation (the school particularly favors Mudra Space Awareness), but a wide variety of other, often unrelated traditions are also taught. Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness Shambhala Training is a Secular approach to Meditation developed by the late Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa and his students The selected practices tend to be alternative rather than mainstream. For example, "Christian contemplative liturgy" and "Christian labyrinth" are recognized, but not ordinary attendance at church. The Prayer Labyrinth, also known as a Meditation labyrinth is one of the oldest contemplative and transformational tools known having been used for many hundreds of years By the same token, taijiquan, Japanese tea ceremony, and ikebana are recognized, but not purely secular sports or art forms. Tai chi chuan (is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for Health reasons The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu (茶の湯 lit "tea hot-water" or also chadō or sadō (ja is the Japanese art of Flower arrangement, also known as. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement
In addition, for one day each semester--called "Community Practice Day"--Naropa holds no classes. Instead students, faculty, staff, and others are invited to participate in group meditation practice during the morning, and other contemplative disciplines later in the day. Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness The event also features panel discussions, departmental lunches, and community service projects. Its stated object is to cultivate mindfulness, simplicity, and community togetherness.
Academic programs
Undergraduate
Naropa offers the following undergraduate majors:
- Contemplative Psychology
- Early Childhood Education
- Environmental Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Music
- Peace Studies
- Performance (theater and dance)
- Religious Studies
- Traditional Eastern Arts (including taijiquan, yoga, and aikido)
- Visual Arts
- Writing and Literature
Most of these (or variations) are offered as minors, alongside a few additional subjects such as Sanskrit, Tibetan language, and Horticulture. Peace and conflict studies is an " Academic field which identifies and analyzes the violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms Religious studies, or Religious education, is the academic field of multi-disciplinary Secular study of religious beliefs behaviors and institutions Tai chi chuan (is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for Health reasons Yoga ( Sanskrit: योग, IAST: yóga, joːgə refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies philosophy and religious beliefs Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Tibetan refers to a group of languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia as well as by overseas Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of Plant propagation
Many if not all of these subjects involve a spiritual component. For example, Contemplative Psychology is described as being based not only upon mainstream Western psychology, but also on various "world wisdom traditions" including Buddhism, and within it, Shambhala Training.
Graduate
Naropa University offers the following graduate degrees:
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- Master of Arts, in
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- Contemplative Education
- Psychology: Contemplative Psychotherapy
- Somatic Counseling Psychology
- Transpersonal Psychology
- Transpersonal Counseling Psychology
- Environmental Leadership
- Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
- Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with Language
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- Religious Studies
- Religious Studies with Language
- Transpersonal Counseling Psychology
- Somatic Counseling Psychology
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- Theater: Lecoq Based Actor Created Theater
- Theater: Contemporary Performance
- Creative Writing
- Writing and Poetics
Some of Naropa's graduate programs (such as Creative Writing) are available through "low residency" (cf. In Christian Theology, the Master of Divinity ( MDiv, Magister Divinitatis in Latin) is the first Professional degree In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree distance education). Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the Pedagogy and Andragogy, technology and instructional systems design
"Lineage holder"
The university names as its "lineage holder" Trungpa's son, Sakyong Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche (b. 1962). His role appears to be honorary, and largely consists of annual lectures.
See also
References
- Tom Clark (1980). The Great Naropa Poetry Wars. ISBN 0-932274-06-4.
- Sam Kashner (2004). When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School. When I Was Cool My Life at the Jack Kerouac School is Sam Kashner 's autobiographical account of his experience as the first student at the Jack Kerouac School ISBN 0060005661.
- Peter Marin (1979). 'Spiritual obedience:The transcendental game of follow the leader. Harpers Magazine, February 1979 Issue
- Ed Sanders (ed. ) (1977). The Party: A Chronological Perspective on a Confrontation at a Buddhist Seminary (no ISBN)
- Eliot Weinberger (1986). Works on Paper. ISBN 0-8112-1001-4.
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