Obsidian Performing Arts Collective exists to illuminate stories carried across generations—stories of migration, memory, resistance, survival, and culture. Through theater and performance, we reclaim histories, relationships to land, and ancestral […]
All events are free. Donations welcome. Confirmed Artists & Disciplines All lectures take place Sundays at 4 pm Atlantic / 3 pm Eastern. 2026 Sept 20 Wendell Beavers & Erika […]
Online via zoom or in person at the Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall. Join this weekly guided practice and shared community offered by Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community and the Center […]
The Leslie Scalapino Lecture invites contemporary writers to engage in critical analysis of innovative poetry, essays, plays and cross-genre work primarily by women-identifying poets. The series also serves as an opportunity for our guest writers to present their work in the spirit exemplified by Leslie Scalapino’s own visionary writing. This year's guest is Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, the author […]
Fall Community Practice Day: Collective Healing & Weaving Community Join us Tuesday October 13, a day when classes and meetings are not held, and when we gather together in virtual and in-person community. We will gather to explore collective healing as a living practice of giving and receiving care, attention, and resources in community. The […]
On October 15th, CACE, MCIC, Wisdom Traditions, BACP and the Keating-Schachter Center for Interspirituality will host a 12-hour series of contemplative practices on the Arapahoe Campus Green, oriented toward bearing witness to ecological suffering. We will re-member our connections to the earth as the climate crisis continues to make our planet increasingly uninhabitable. This is […]
The untamed spirit of Naropa continues through Practice Week with Keep Naropa Weird! On the Arapahoe campus, there will be communal painting, tarot reading, sidewalk chalking, and field games. On the Nalanda campus, there will be more communal painting, sidewalk chalking, and conversation about the future of counseling. We will also have an open mic […]
Come and play on Thursday nights from 7–9 pm in room 9184 at Nalanda Campus. We will explore improv games, do exercises in groups and pairs, and practice scene work facilitated by Ben. Ben Lloyd is a current grad student in the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Before Naropa, he ran a nonprofit […]
The purpose of the ReGenerative Network (ReGeN) is to cultivate regenerative knowledge, skills, and leadership so that Naropa takes ecological-social action in the face of climate crisis. We aim to align Naropa's values with our Climate Action Plan for a more just, resilient, and carbon-neutral campus by 2040. Please contact Emily Burns at ws-eburns@naropa.edu with […]
Join Emergence founder and Sufi teacher Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee this October at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, for an evening lecture exploring how an embodied spiritual ecology can offer us a […]
Online via zoom or in person at the Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall. Join this weekly guided practice and shared community offered by Mission, Culture & Inclusive Community and the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education.
About Naropa
Located in Boulder, Colorado, Naropa University is a Buddhist-inspired, nonsectarian liberal arts university that is recognized as the birthplace of the mindfulness movement. Naropa offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs that emphasize professional and personal growth, intellectual development, and cultivating compassion.
Academics
Contemplative education brings together the best of Western scholarship and Eastern world wisdom traditions. Therefore, your pursuit of wisdom at Naropa means learning both about academic subjects and about your own place in the world. This innovative approach places Naropa on the cutting edge of the newest and most effective methods of teaching and learning.
Admissions & Aid
If you’re seeking an education that resonates with both personal fulfillment and global impact, Naropa could be your top choice. At Naropa, you will experience a comprehensive curriculum that integrates the best of Eastern and Western educational approaches. Explore how Naropa can fuel your journey of intellectual and spiritual development.
Life at Naropa
Through its incredibly vibrant and welcoming community, “Naropa offers a home for those who aren’t willing to conform to convention—the mystic, the healer, the prophet, the rebel, the artist, the revolutionary, the oddball—those who are incredible contributors to the evolution of society and of our planet.”—Core Associate Professor Zvi Ish-Shalom
The Naropa Difference
How is Naropa different from other universities? At Naropa, a liberal arts education balances rigorous academics with powerful interpersonal skills and self-awareness to educate the whole person. Naropa’s contemplative approach is inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the conviction that we can build a diverse, contemplative, enlightened society when we have transformed education to affirm the basic goodness of every person.
Support Naropa
At a time when the value of higher education is being questioned, Naropa University stands firmly rooted in its mission to create a more just and regenerative world by nurturing insight, awareness, courage, and compassion in its students. By making a gift to Naropa, you play a pivotal role in helping to create the authentic, effective & mindful leaders that the world desperately needs.
