The clap!
The clap!
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate 
Feb 14, 2019 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.
- The difference between Buddhist debate and ordinary dispute
- Two main settings for debates and disputes in western culture
- Contrasting Buddhist debate and western dispute formats
- The deeper meaning of the movements in debate
- An explanation of the symbolism in Manjushri’s form
73 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: The Clap! (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.
