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Proving four possibilities and mutual exclusion

Proving four possibilities and mutual exclusion

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.

  • A Dharma perspective on the Kavanaugh hearing
  • Practice using different examples to prove four possibilities
  • Proving that two phenomena are mutually exclusive
  • The difference between debate and conventional language

55 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: Proving 4 Possibilities & Mutual Exclusion (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.