{"id":17,"date":"2016-10-07T15:24:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T15:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tufts-chaplaincy.pantheonsite.io\/buddhist\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:36:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-17\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-17-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-17-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/files\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-285x380.jpg 285w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-425x567.jpg 425w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-180x240.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Buddhist Chaplaincy, led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/ji-hyang-padma-buddhist-chaplain\/\">Buddhist Chaplain<\/a>, offers resources for practicing Buddhism and mindfulness at Tufts. The Buddhist Chaplain also provides one-on-one spiritual care. The Buddhist Chaplain teaches about contemplative practices in student and faculty\/staff groups and supports interfaith programming, such as the Illumination and Baccalaureate ceremonies. \u00a0The Buddhist Chaplaincy provides referrals to local and international resources for Buddhist and mindfulness study and practice, including retreat centers and conferences. The Buddhist Chaplaincy promotes a pluralistic approach to the Buddhist tradition and to mindfulness practice, honoring all paths that lead to peace and lovingkindness, and connecting the campus community with many different forms of practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/vineetha-mahayaye-buddhist-chaplain\/\">Meet the Buddhist Chaplain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/tufts-buddhist-mindfulness-sangha\/\">Meet the Undergraduate Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/history-of-the-buddhist-chaplaincy\/\">History of the Buddhist Chaplaincy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/resources-collection\/\">Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buddhist Chaplaincy, led by the Buddhist Chaplain, offers resources for practicing Buddhism and mindfulness at Tufts. The Buddhist Chaplain also provides one-on-one spiritual care. The Buddhist Chaplain teaches about contemplative practices in student and&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - Buddhist Chaplaincy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Buddhist Chaplaincy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Buddhist Chaplaincy, led by the Buddhist Chaplain, offers resources for practicing Buddhism and mindfulness at Tufts. The Buddhist Chaplain also provides one-on-one spiritual care. The Buddhist Chaplain teaches about contemplative practices in student and&hellip;&nbsp;Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Buddhist Chaplaincy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-16T00:36:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\",\"name\":\"About - Buddhist Chaplaincy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/files\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-07T15:24:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-16T00:36:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/\",\"name\":\"Buddhist Chaplaincy\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - Buddhist Chaplaincy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - Buddhist Chaplaincy","og_description":"The Buddhist Chaplaincy, led by the Buddhist Chaplain, offers resources for practicing Buddhism and mindfulness at Tufts. The Buddhist Chaplain also provides one-on-one spiritual care. The Buddhist Chaplain teaches about contemplative practices in student and&hellip;&nbsp;Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/","og_site_name":"Buddhist Chaplaincy","article_modified_time":"2026-06-16T00:36:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/","url":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/","name":"About - Buddhist Chaplaincy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/files\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-07T15:24:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-16T00:36:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/IMG_3809-scaled.jpg","width":1920,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/","name":"Buddhist Chaplaincy","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.tufts.edu\/buddhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}