heart sutra

a global community of mindfulness practice centers and monasteries offering retreats and teachings on engaged buddhism and the art of mindful living.

shippensburg university is a member of pennsylvania's state system of higher education. ship has unique academic offerings that prepare our students for the competitive and ever-changing global job market.

custom chinese calligraphy wall scrolls paintings, japanese calligraphy wall scrolls and asian calligraphy hanging wall art scroll paintings.

buddhism originated within a particular historical and social context and developed and transformed as it migrated and interacted with diverse asian cultures over the course of 2,500 years. contemporary westerners, however, occupy an intellectual space shaped by an ongoing dialog between scientific and existential/phenomenological approaches to apprehending the world. can westerners absorb the key teachings of buddhism without surrendering their core beliefs and values to alien traditions, vested authority, or magical thinking and superstition? will buddhism still be buddhism without them?