Doubt and correctly assuming consciousness

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 three kinds of doubt and their definitions
  • Comparing uncertain consciousnesses with other types of consiousnesses
  • How we get stuck in our doubt in our life
  • Why its important to assess our own understanding
  • Different types of correctly assuming consciousnesses

65 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: Doubt & Correctly Assuming Consciousness (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.