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Student Reflections On DRBU's Infinite Heart Retreat
Oct 5, 2020DRBU held its beloved Contemplative Exercise Immersion (CEI) during the week of September 14 focusing on cultivating the brahmavihāras within the realm of sacred space. Students, faculty, and staff...
Planning a Contemplative Exercise Immersion: An Interview with Organizing Faculty
Oct 5, 2020We spoke with DRBU faculty members Yihuan Shih and Lauren Bausch about the inspiration behind this year’s contemplative exercise immersion (CEI). Where did the idea for this CEI come from? Where...
What are we reading at DRBU? Female Cultivators
Aug 30, 2020We welcome you to enjoy this selection of books highlighting the spiritual accomplishments of women cultivators across time and place. Writings by women were historically preserved significantly less...
The Way of Higher Learning
Jul 5, 2020The following is an address to the Class of 2020 given by Dean of Academics, Professor Martin Verhoeven on June 6, 2020. DRBU was established in 1976. It is now 44 years on, and yet, really just...
2020 Senior Essays
May 31, 2020Undergraduates at DRBU present their senior essay in the spring semester of their final year. This essay is an amassed and sustained intellectual endeavor that epitomizes the culmination of a student...
Professor Doug Powers: What is your vision for our future students' lives?
Jun 1, 2020We asked Professor Doug Powers, "What is your vision for our future students' lives?" The following is his response.Our goal for both future and current students is relatively simple. The world that...
Dean Martin Verhoeven: Liberal arts education in light of COVID-19
Apr 5, 2020Dean of Academics Martin Verhoven offered the following remarks at a University-wide town hall on April 2, 2020.In the last few weeks, I have been thinking how the real value of and need for a...
What are we reading at DRBU? The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate
Feb 4, 2020The following is a brief recommendation from James Roberts, instructor for the Music I, Natural Sciences II, and Western Classics IV courses in the B.A. program this spring.I've been reading The...
What are we reading at DRBU? Yoga Sutra of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita
Jan 7, 2020The following is a brief recommendation from Professor Franklyn Wu, instructor for the Indian Classics I course in the B.A. program this fall.Actually, I would like to recommend two books to be...
An Introduction to Jainism with Dr. Kristi Wiley of UC Berkeley
Jan 7, 2020Dr. Kristi Wiley gave a lecture, An Introduction to Jainism, on November 7 at DRBU. The lecture covered basic beliefs of Jainism, including the concept of the 24 Jinas or “Spiritual Victors” in our...
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