The defender’s response
The defender’s response
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Buddhist Reasoning and Debate 
Aug 8, 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.
- Importance of establishing the reason first
- Criteria for valid arguments in a debate
- The order of the defender’s answers
- Guidelines for spelling out possible answers
86 The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: The Defender’s Response (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.
