Life at DRBU
DRBU Community Blog
End-of-Semester Community BBQ & Open Mic
A community BBQ was organized to appreciate and celebrate the hard work of everybody towards the end of the semester!...
Celebrating the Goldmans at UC Berkeley
Renowned Sanskrit professors Robert P. Goldman and Dr. Sally Sutherland Goldman retired last spring from their...
Spring in Photos
We asked community members to share photos of what spring looks like to them. See what’s blossomed!
Seminar on Reading & Translating Buddhist Texts
July 29, 2022 to August 4, 2022
This seven-day seminar held in the peaceful setting of a Mahayana Buddhist monastery in Ukiah, California—the City of...
Academics
Explore What It Means to Be Fully Human
WASC accredited Dharma Realm Buddhist University is set apart because of its focus on classics from both the Asian and Western traditions. Classes are small, with between 5 and 15 students. There are no majors or concentrations; instead, students study an ambitious cross section of philosophy, literature, music, science, mathematics, and languages. Texts are not just read, but they are also explored in practice for what they mean in daily life.

DRBU is a place that welcomes a diversity of experience and thought and is dedicated to developing the full human potential
Campus Life
A Community Culture of Ethics and Care
At DRBU, students gain opportunities to engage in hands-on learning through student activities, volunteering, and service scholarship. They develop leadership and teamwork skills as well as an appreciation for the personal, social, and natural world that are invaluable aspects of a DRBU education. Merely taking part in such a community can be one of the most beneficial and inspiring experiences among all the opportunities at DRBU.
I've had insights from spiritual practice that would have been difficult to arrive at in a classroom, yet the classroom learning gives me a rich, conceptual framework that helps explain what I experience.
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Prospective students are encouraged to visit our campus in Ukiah to meet our faculty and students in person, observe classes, attend special events, or participate in week long retreats to decide if the unique study environment at DRBU is a good match for their educational aims.