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Outline of the selfless

Outline of the selfless

Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on Daniel Perdue’s book, The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Logic: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources.

  • Three criteria to use to examine the validity of a sutra
  • Proving the Buddha is a reliable source
  • Practicing stating the property of the subject and the pervasion
  • Understanding epistemology and ontology
  • Seven ways to divide the selfless or the existent

31 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: Outline of the Selfless (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.