Community-Engaged Student Travel Grants
Zen Buddhism Immersion in Japan
Facilitating a two-way exchange between Cornell students and Japanese Zen Priests for mutual understanding and appreciation of culture and ideas
The primary goal of this course is to facilitate a two-way exchange between Cornell students and Japanese Zen Priests for mutual understanding and appreciation of culture and ideas. The grant recipient traveled with the class to Kamakura, Japan, where they lived in monasteries, practiced meditation and deepened their intellectual and spiritual connection with the Zen tradition.
Topics: Culture, Language and History
Grant Recipient
Summer 2018
- Thomas Barbee ’20
Community-Engaged Student Travel Grants
Temporarily paused: Funding students who are spending winter, spring or summer break participating in community-engaged learning or community-based research activities.