LG37 – Bee Scherer – Queer Bodhisattva




Lonely Guru Dialogues with Ryan Spielman show

Summary: In this episode with Professor Bee Scherer, PhD we discuss the foundations of Buddhist philosophy, the four noble truths, Bee's work in queering paridigms as a trans/non-binary activist and the realtionship between buddhist practice and activism.<br>  <br> Bee is a long-time practitioner of Buddhism and has been globally teaching as a Buddhist lay teacher. Bee currently serves as the vice-chair of the International Lay Buddhist Forum.<br> After the study of classics, Indic (Sanskrit, Pāli, Prakrits) and Tibetan philology in Germany and the United States, completed by a PhD (Groningen, The Netherlands 2002), Bee published among others on karma; Nāgārjuna and early Mind-only; and, in recent years, on transnational Tibetan Buddhism; radical, reform and socially engaged Buddhism in Asia; and on Buddhist perspectives on gender and sexuality.<br> Currently, Bee is chair (full professor) in Religious Studies &amp; Gender Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University and directs the INCISE  Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice research institute<br> <br> As a trans/non-binary scholar-cum-activist Bee has established the interdisciplinary, transnational Queering Paradigms Social justice academic network and conference series.<br>  <br> Check out more of Bee's work http://wisestudies.com/product/essentials-of-buddhist-philosophy-with-bee-scherer/.