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One and different as subjects

One and different as subjects

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.

  • Examples of one-with-x and different-from-x as subjects
  • Understanding not and non versus different
  • Singular abstractions are different than objects in those categories
  • One with and different from a non-existent
  • The power of changing how we describe people and situations

80 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: One and Different as Subjects (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.