Tufts’ first Buddhist chaplain talks about working with students—and gives advice on a starting a contemplative practiceThe Venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) Priya Sraman is Tufts’ first Buddhist chaplain,one of the few Buddhist chaplains employed by universities in the U.
S. Originally from Chittagong, Bangladesh, and Sraman was eleven years frail when he started his monastic studies in the Theravada department of Buddhism. He went on to earn a B.
A. in Buddhist studies at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Thailand,a master’s at the University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Divinity degree from the Buddhist Ministry Program at Harvard Divinity School in 2017.
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