DRBU Sutra Study Summer Program

Dates: August 1-22

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This summer in a tranquil monastic setting, Dharma Realm Buddhist University (co-sponsored by DRBY) will host a three-week intensive immersion experience in the Buddhist tradition. Students will read, reflect upon, and discuss a Buddhist Sutra.

The program will follow a traditional monastic lifestyle of work, study, and meditation designed to calm the mind, strengthen the body, and prepare the spirit for insight and understanding.

Classes will be led by faculty of Dharma Realm Buddhist University, both lay and monastic, with informal discussions balancing the more formal classes of the day. Time will be set aside for quiet reading, writing, and personal reflection.

The first week (August 1-8) will consist of an introductory week orienting participants to life in a monastery and the study of Buddhist Sutras.

The second week (August 8-15) consists of a week devoted to the recitation of the name of Guan Shi Yin, the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion. We will be chanting and studying the chapter devoted to Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the Universal Door Chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

The third week (August 16-22) will relocate to the Oregon Coast Range for a five-day chan/zen meditation intensive. (Please note that the Oregon week will involve camping outside, go to the Oregon FAQ for more details. Participants are welcome to also spend this time practicing in the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.)

If you have questions, please email the program coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .