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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Buddhist ontology

Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a brief overview of Buddhist ontology and walks the class through…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Fortitude and religious intolerance

Teaching on responding to religious intolerance and hate with fortitude and compassion

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Syllogisms

Geshe Dadul Namgyal explains how syllogisms are used in Buddhist logic and debate, and answers…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The three types of fortitude

Teaching on the three types of ways we can practice the perfection of fortitude

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Review of four possibilities

Reviewing the debate on the four possibilities and the four possibilities without anything that is…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassion and interdependence

When we see that we are inextricably interconnected we will see that caring for others…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The perfection of fortitude

Finishing the discussion on modern non-virtues by exploring destructive mental actions and starting on the…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Four possibilities

Continuing Chapter Four by engaging the audience in identifying the 'four possibilities' when comparing different…

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Gomchen Lamrim

More on the ten paths of nonvirtue today

Continuation on the ten paths of non-virtue as they relate to our modern age, focusing…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

The comparison of phenomena

Beginning chapter four by teaching on how to use logic and reasoning to understand how…

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Gomchen Lamrim

The ten paths of nonvirtue today

How modern practitioners can understand the complexity of our modern context within the framework of…

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Buddhist Reasoning and Debate

Practicing the Dharma

Finishing Chapter Three, with advice for how to incorporate the Buddha's teachings into our lives…

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