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The Robert H.N. Ho Foundation recently donated $5.2 million to Stanford and Harvard Universities to raise awareness of Buddhism by proving my courses to teach it. The grants were provided by the foundation which is based in Hong Kong, and whose main focus is to increase Buddhism awareness in the United States.
Siddhartha Gautama, first started the religion of Buddhism.
The Harvard Divinity School will get $2.7 million of the $5.2 million and it will be used to fund the Buddhist Ministry Initiative and create a Master of Divinity Degrees option for candidates who are interested. This will allow students to better research the areas of Buddhism that they are more interested in and want to research in-depth. Stanford received the other $2.5 million of the grant to created an endowed chair in Buddhist studies at the University’s Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Center for Buddhist Studies.
William A. Graham, Dean of Harvard Divinity School is very pleased with the grant donated for Buddhist studies. He looks forward to the enhanced learning experience that will be available to students interested in Buddhist studies. He believes this enhancement in the courses offered will build greater Buddhist leaders in North America and provide Harvard students the opporunity to experience Buddhist lifestyle in Asian countries, while participating in their research.
Stanford not only received the recent $2.5 million in funds but was also granted an art collection from Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence, to support the Stanford Arts Initiatives.
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