Applications for the Woodenfish Project's China and Taiwan Buddhism Immersion Programs Now Open!

Sponsored by Fo Guang Shan Monastery, the Woodenfish project aims to advance Humanistic Buddhism through a series of projects geared toward young adults. Woodenfish works with them to promote a spiritual, academic, and socially relevant understanding of Buddhism.

The Woodenfish Project is currently offering two programs for undergrdaute and gradaute students:

Woodenfish Taiwan: HBMLP
The Humanistic Buddhism Monastic Life Program (HBMLP) is a month-long program for students and young adults at Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Taiwan. Participants live as monastics while taking academic classes on Buddhism and participating in traditional practices. The program welcomes participants from all countries, faiths and academic fields.

Woodenfish China: Buddhism in China series
Through the "Buddhism in China" series, the Woodenfish Project aims to aid the development of young scholars in the West with research interests in Chinese Buddhism and related fields by offering them the opportunity for direct, intensive academic engagement with the major historical centers of Buddhism in China.


For more information regarding these two programs, please visit the Woodenfish website at http://www.woodenfish.org/. All expenses are covered by the Woodenfish project, with the exception of international airfare. The application date for both of the aforementioned programs is April 15, 2012.