Nonassociated compositional factors that are not persons
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate 
Sep 20, 2018 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.
- Common beings and aryas are distinguished by their spiritual realizations
- The three realms and six classes of common beings
- Examples of abstract composites that are not persons
- 23 designated states as taught by the consequence school
- The purpose and practice of categorizing things in daily life
54 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: Nonassociated Compositional Factors Not Persons (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.
