Mission Statement:

The Mission of Dharma Realm Buddhist University is to educate individuals who exemplify excellence in scholarship and excellence of character, who are aware of their individual and civic responsibility as world citizens, and who understand and appreciate a diversity of cultural traditions. The University community is dedicated to fostering a spirit of shared inquiry and the free exchange of ideas that encourages students to utilize skills of communication, critical analysis, synthesis, quantification, aesthetic perception, and creativity along with the intuitive, experiential, and contemplative dimensions of learning that are the hallmarks of an educated person. Further, DRBU seeks to cultivate those aspects of character consistent with the values and ideals of the Buddhist tradition in which it is rooted: self-discovery, personal virtue, compassionate service to humanity, and sincerity in all endeavors.

Vision Statement:

The purpose of Dharma Realm Buddhist University is to bring the principles of the Buddha's teachings to a wide range of people and to inspire profound change in higher education and in society at large. At DRBU, students and faculty work together to reform the process of teaching and learning so that the process is not only intellectual but spiritual and moral. Their aim is that the work of scholarship is guided by the principles of goodness. Therefore, each student at the University strives to act with unselfishness, equanimity, and wisdom in his or her daily life. Each works to free his or her nature from the habits of materialism and self-seeking which afflict and endanger modern society. The skills and knowledge gained in academic disciplines are seen not as ends in themselves but as tools to be used in the service of humanity. In this way, whatever walk of life students follow after graduation, their years of study will have provided them a firm basis for peaceful, vigorous, and intelligent lives which will be of transforming benefit to the world.