The Maitripa College Podcast

Recent Episodes

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

Posted October 29, 2019 •

Among the Buddha’s most prominent female disciples were sex workers, mothers, and the nuns who formed the female monastic order. Narratives of the...

Episode 17. Enlightenment: Is There An App For That? with Yangsi Rinpoche

Posted October 15, 2019 •

In this talk, Enlightenment: Is there an App for that?, Rinpoche invites us to look closely at how we try whatever way possible to find the shortcut...

Episode 16. Introducing Buddhism: Our View of the World and Our Place In It with Venerable Damchö Diana Finnegan, PhD

Posted October 1, 2019 •

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...

Episode 15. Integrating the Heart Sutra in the Practice of Meditation on Emptiness with Yangsi Rinpoche

Posted September 17, 2019 •

In Integrating the Heart Sutra: Meditating on Emptiness, Rinpoche offers an approach to meditation on emptiness that reveals how to feel a healthy sense...

Episode 14. From Reactivity to Joyful Effort: Balancing the Mind in Meditation with Yangsi Rinpoche

Posted August 20, 2019 •

Balancing the Mind in Meditation begins with an eloquent explanation of joyful effort. Rinpoche proceeds to guide us on a meditation journey analogous...