Buddhist Life
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About the Community
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Community Leadership
Prakruthi Ramesh joined the University Chaplaincy team in Spring 2025 as Graduate Programming Intern and now serves as Program Coordinator for Buddhist and Hindu Life. She coordinates programs and community engagement for the Buddhist and Hindu communities, supports Graduate interfaith initiatives across the University Chaplaincy, and serves as the University Chaplaincy liaison to the Asian American Center.
Programs and Resources
Midday Mindfulness with the Tufts Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Interfaith Center, 58 Winthrop St.
The Buddhist Chaplain will lead mindfulness meditations on breathing, walking, eating, sitting, noble silence, listening and loving kindness for 40 minutes. Then there will be a brief Q&A session and snacks. All are welcome. You can email University Chaplain for more information at elyse.nelson_winger@tufts.edu.
Tea and Community Care with the Buddhist Chaplaincy
Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Goddard Chapel
The Buddhist Chaplaincy, Tufts Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha and Graduate Buddhist Mindfulness Sangha will lead programs on self care. The focus of the program will change, but at the beginning of every program, there will be a 10-15 minute meditation session. This program is designed to help you how to be a good friend to yourself. You can email University Chaplain for more information at elyse.nelson_winger@tufts.edu.
Buddha Day
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- 04/30/2018 – Medford/Somerville, Mass. – Program Coordinator Zachary Cole delivered opening remarks and invited guests from the area Buddhist community were in attendance along with students and other community members during Buddha Day at Tufts University in Goddard Chapel on April 30, 2018. (Nicholas Pfosi for Tufts University)
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- 04/29/2019 – Medford/Somerville, Mass. – Venerable Geshe Tenley of the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Medford, helps Ravi Bajpai, A21, to bathe Baby Buddha during the Celebration of Buddha Day, honoring the birth, teachings, and enlightenment of the Buddha, in Goddard Chapel on April 29, 2019. (Anna Miller/Tufts University)

