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Naropa University

Now-Is-realityNow-Is-reality
edited March 2011 in General Banter
Has anyone heard of this buddhist inspired university? Good? Bad?
Thanks.

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  • VajraheartVajraheart Veteran
    I have some friends that have or do study there and they all rave!
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    A friend of mine who taught at Naropa about 10 years ago says it's pretty good.
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    I wanna go!
  • footiamfootiam Veteran
    Where is this university?
  • VincenziVincenzi Veteran
    I think it is in Japan... or maybe India.
  • VajraheartVajraheart Veteran
    LOL! It's in Boulder, Colorado in the USA.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited March 2011
    http://www.naropa.edu

    It was founded as Naropa Institute in 1974 by Chogyam Trungpa, and much later became accredited as a university. It offers programs in environmental leadership,contemplative psychology, religious studies, traditional Eastern arts, and much more. It also offers MA programs.
  • DeformedDeformed Veteran
    My fiance has been accepted there, and we are planning the move this summer. I spoke to an advisor in person last summer about their graduate programs, and am contemplating (no pun intended) doing grad work there.
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    Is the father of Uma Thurman teaching there?
    (Somehow I can only remember this guy as the father of his daughter)
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    Sorry, he’s in Columbia, apparently

    http://www.bobthurman.com/
  • Now-Is-realityNow-Is-reality
    My fiance has been accepted there, and we are planning the move this summer. I spoke to an advisor in person last summer about their graduate programs, and am contemplating (no pun intended) doing grad work there.
    Sweet. :) I just applied there. It seems cool, but also from what I have heard, it is really bias (aka really liberal), and while I like that, I also think it is important to understand both sides of the spectrum... but I still think the philosophy of it as a whole is wonderful and something I really want to do.

    And MG... hahah DO IT!!! :) Heh, damn, you'd be a freshmen when I was a senior though. :O
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited March 2011


    And MG... hahah DO IT!!! :) Heh, damn, you'd be a freshmen when I was a senior though. :O
    MG is considering going to college in lieu of his senior yr. at high school. You two might end up only 3 years apart academically, rather than 4.
  • Now-Is-realityNow-Is-reality
    Yeah I wish I had done that :( Like I was 3 credits over senior requirements as a junior... I don't know why I didn't graduate early... but oh well.

    I really really really really want to get into this school. If i'm denied, I might just cry... heh, jk... a bit. :)
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran


    I really really really really want to get into this school. If i'm denied, I might just cry... heh, jk... a bit. :)
    I'm sure they'll take you, Now. Your grades are good, right? But if you need financial aid, that could be another matter...
    And think about what you'd want to do with your degree after graduating. Depending on where you want to work, a degree from Naropa might not be as marketable as one from a more mainstream school. But again, it al depends on your career goals. Naropa might turn out to be just the ticket. :)
  • Now-Is-realityNow-Is-reality
    I want to be like Noah Levine, and like do that kind of counseling and such.
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    Then I'd say you've made a good choice. Have you been in touch w/Noah? All I know is that he founded sort of a contemporary Western "school" of Buddhism, or movement, or whatever. It's great to have a role model, no?
  • Now-Is-realityNow-Is-reality
    Well I mean like the kind of stuff he does it what I want to do... help people in that manner. I haven't been in touch with him no, just read up on him and listened to a lot of his talks.
  • DeformedDeformed Veteran
    edited March 2011
    My fiance has been accepted there, and we are planning the move this summer. I spoke to an advisor in person last summer about their graduate programs, and am contemplating (no pun intended) doing grad work there.
    Sweet. :) I just applied there. It seems cool, but also from what I have heard, it is really bias (aka really liberal), and while I like that, I also think it is important to understand both sides of the spectrum... but I still think the philosophy of it as a whole is wonderful and something I really want to do.
    Good luck with the application! I think being a school that stresses the arts, not surprising if liberal.

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