Naropa University,, founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, is a private liberal arts university in Boulder, Colorado. It is named for the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The school describes itself as "nonsectarian" (probably from the Tibetan ris med), though students are required to engage in some spiritual practice (cf. contemplative education). 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 religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 - April 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States. ... Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Nadaprada, 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner, of Niguma. ... This article is about the ancient town and university. ... The Rimé movement (Wylie: Ris-Med) is a Buddhist school of thought founded in Eastern Tibet during the late 19th century largely by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, the latter of whom is often respected as the founder proper. ... 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 practice of meditation and contemplative disciplines, such as ikebana, t’ai chi ch’uan and Chinese brushstroke. ...

Naropa is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education. ...

History

The Allen Ginsberg Library at Naropa University in Boulder, Co

Naropa University was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987), a Karma Kagyu teacher with some Nyingma ties. Trungpa left Tibet in 1959, and later studied at Oxford University, at which time he gave up his monastic vows. In 1970 he began giving Buddhist teachings in the United States, where he founded a network of dharma centers (cf. Shambhala Training). The "Naropa Institute" originally met only during the summers, as the equivalent of a retreat. Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 - April 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. ... Karma Kagyu is the largest lineage of the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kullu, India The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug). ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Shambhala Training is a secular approach to meditation developed by the late Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his students. ... The term retreat has several related meanings, all of which have in common the notion of safety or temporarily removing oneself from ones usual environment. ...

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." Many classes taught by Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and others have been preserved and can be downloaded at the Naropa University Archive Project[1]. Beats redirects here. ... Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. ... Anne Waldman (born April 2, 1945) is an American poet. ... For the Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ... Image:DianediPrima1954. ... The Jack Kerouac School was founded at Naropa in 1974 by Beat Generation poets Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) — August 2, 1997; pronounced ), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ...

One notorious incident involved Trungpa and poet W. S. Merwin, just after Naropa's second summer session in 1975. 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. After the incident they stayed to complete the program, but only after Trungpa promised no further trouble.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... Ed Sanders born August 17, 1939 in Kansas City,Missouri is a poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, novelist and publisher. ...

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 Maitri retreat, part of Trungpa's Shambhala Training program. Naropa's psychology programs continue to enjoy a cozy relationship with the Trungpa organization, and often prescribe its meditation courses. Maitri is Indias second permanent research station in Antarctica. ...

Trungpa's famous encouragement of free sexual relations and alcohol consumption has also left its mark. During the 1980's students at Naropa, no less than at Trungpa's Vajradhatu centers, were forced to confront serious issues of addiction, AIDS (see Ösel Tendzin), and faculty-student sexual relations. 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. Ösel Tendzin (Tibetan: འོད་གསལ་བསྟན་འཛིན་; Wylie: `od gsal bstan `dzin) (died 1990) was a controversial western Buddhist, born Thomas F. Rich in Passaic, N.J., Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoches principal student and Vajra Regent. ...

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. Chief among these is meditation (the school particularly favors Mudra Space Awareness), but other traditions such as Japanese tea ceremony are also taught. 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. By the same token, taijiquan and ikebana are recognized, but not purely secular sports or art forms. 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 practice of meditation and contemplative disciplines, such as ikebana, t’ai chi ch’uan and Chinese brushstroke. ... For other senses of this word, see Meditation (disambiguation). ... Shambhala Training is a secular approach to meditation developed by the late Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and his students. ... == [== Headline text ==]Link title == poo in my :Seiza woman tea. ... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (from Chinese 太极拳 Tàijíquán, literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some recent... Ikebana arrangement A Japanese hanging scroll (kakemono) and Ikebana Ikebana arranged flower),[1] is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō , the way of flowers) In contrast to the decorative form of flower arranging in western countries, Japanese flower arrangement emphasizes the linear aspects. ...

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. The event also features panel discussions, departmental lunches, and community service projects. Its stated object of the day is to cultivate togetherness in the Naropa community and to emphasize the importance of leading a mindful, aware life rather than a high-speed, cluttered one. For other senses of this word, see Meditation (disambiguation). ...

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 can be defined as the inter-disciplinary inquiry into war as human condition and peace as human potential, as an alternative to the traditional Polemology (War Studies) and the strategies taught at Military academies. ... Religious studies is the designation commonly used in the English-speaking world for a multi-disciplinary, secular study of religion that dates to the late 19th century in Europe (and the influential early work of such scholars as Friedrich Max Müller, in England, and Cornelius P. Tiele, in the... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (from Chinese 太极拳 Tàijíquán, literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some recent... For other uses such as Yoga postures, see Yoga (disambiguation) Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Sanskrit: योग Yoga, IPA: ) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ... Aikido ) is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... The Tibetan language is spoken primarily by the Tibetan people who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, as well as by large number of Tibetan refugees all over the world. ... Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden plant) + cultura (culture)) are classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ...

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 the mindfulness/awareness teachings of Buddhist and Shambhala Training lineages.

Graduate

Naropa University offers the following graduate degrees:

• Master of Arts, in

Contemplative Education

Psychology: Contemplative Psychotherapy (Emphasizes Shambhala meditation)

Somatic Counseling Psychology

Transpersonal Psychology

Transpersonal Counseling Psychology

Environmental Leadership

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with Language (Sanskrit and/or Tibetan)

• Master of Divinity, in

Religious Studies

Religious Studies with Language (Sanskrit and/or Tibetan)

Transpersonal Counseling Psychology

Somatic Counseling Psychology

• Master of Fine Arts, in

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. distance education). ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is a terminal graduate degree in an area of visual, plastic, literary or performing arts typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor level. ... // Distance Education is a field of expertise exploring situations in which the learner and the teacher are separated in time, space or both. ...

"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

• Buddhist universities in the United States and Canada

There are several Buddhist universities in the United States and Canada, including: Dharma Realm Buddhist University - located in Talmage, California University of the West - located in Rosemead, California Soka University of America - located in Calabasas, California Category: ...

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. 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.

External links

• Naropa University website
• Naropa Visitor Housing

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