While SCBS is not a teaching or degree-granting unit of the university, it works with departments and the School of Humanities and Sciences to strengthen the university's resources for education in Buddhism and Asian cultures.

SCBS Reading Groups. Each year the center sponsors informal student-faculty groups for the study of Asian religious texts or topics, for which academic credit can be arranged.

SCBS Faculty-Student Seminars. The center sponsors an annual one-week intensive seminar on a topic in Buddhist studies, offered by an invited scholar, for which academic credit can be arranged.

Curriculum Support Fund. The center administers a small discretionary fund to assist departments in maintaining and supplementing their curriculum, through replacement of faculty on leave, visiting or other temporary appointments, special courses, and the like. SCBS hopes to expand this fund to a level sufficient to make new permanent faculty appointments.

Student Support Fund. The center supplements departmental student support with small grants for book or computer purchases, travel, and other special expenses. SCBS hopes to expand this fund to provide additional full fellowships for students specializing in Asian religions.

SCBS seeks to encourage interaction between the university and the community and to promote the public understanding of Buddhism and other Asian religions. It works with other groups, both on campus and off, to support Buddhist activities at Stanford and sponsor academic programs in the community.

Asian Religions & Cultures (ARC). An initiative, in cooperation with other groups on campus and in the community, offering public programs and events in Asian humanities.

Buddhist Studies Community Resources. A program providing assistance to groups in the community that wish to draw on Stanford's resources in Buddhist studies to mount lectures, seminars, conferences, and other events.

Buddhist Community at Stanford (BCAS). A non-sectarian student group, co-sponsored with the Dean of the Chapel, that provides Buddhist programs on campus.

Buddhism in the Modern World (BMW). A program, in cooperation with BCAS and the Office of Religious Life, that sponsors Buddhist lectures and other public events on campus.