Damchö Diana Finnegan's guest appearances

Damchö Diana Finnegan

The Maitripa College Podcast

Carl Jensen

Roger Jackson

Pema Dorjee

Yangsi Rinpoche

Geshe Kalsang Damdul

Jan Willis

Namdrol Miranda Adams

OwlTail

Among the Buddha’s most prominent female disciples were sex workers, mothers, and the nuns who formed the female monastic order. Narratives of the lives of these earliest Buddhist women show them struggling to emerge, with varying degrees of success and failure, from the places in which a patriarchal society kept them.This talk explores ways in which the limitations placed on women in early Buddhist communities were challenged or transgressed, and ways in which they were ultimately reinforced. We will ask what these narratives can teach today’s Buddhist communities as we seek to identify and liberate ourselves from our own notions of gender that restrict women’s spiritual potential.

Among the Buddha’s most prominent female disciples were sex workers, mothers, and the nuns who formed the female monastic order. Narratives of the lives of these earliest Buddhist women show them struggling to emerge, with varying degrees of success and failure, from the places in which a patriarchal society kept them. This talk explores ways in which the limitations placed on women in early Buddhist communities were challenged or transgressed, and ways in which they were ultimately reinforced. We will ask what these narratives can teach today’s Buddhist communities as we seek to identify and liberate ourselves from our own notions of gender that restrict women’s spiritual potential.

Episode 18. Mother, Daughter, Sex Worker, Nun: Transgressing and Transforming Gender Roles in Buddhist Narratives with Damchö Diana Finnegan PhD

In “Introducing Buddhism: Our View of the World and Our Place In It” with Venerable Venerable Damchö Diana Finnegan, who holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies as well as extensive translation and practice experience, we learn that the purpose of Buddhist philosophy is to function as a window through which to view the world. Venerable Damcho explains how studying the words of the Buddha leads to a greater exploration of how we see things and people and how we relate to them, and the way this profoundly affects our relationships with others. 

In “Introducing Buddhism: Our View of the World and Our Place In It” with Venerable Venerable Damchö Diana Finnegan, who holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies as well as extensive translation and practice experience, we learn that the purpose of Buddhist philosophy is to function as a window through which to view the world. Venerable Damcho explains how studying the words of the Buddha leads to a greater exploration of how we see things and people and how we relate to them, and the way this profoundly affects our relationships with others.