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Cultivate wisdom that can overcome ignorance at all levels and lead to the attainment of liberation and full awakening.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The importance of ethical conduct
Emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct to secure a precious human rebirth, and explaining the…
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Venerable Thubten Damcho 
More debate practice
The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.
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Practicing the defender’s answers
Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements…
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Debate in action
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Reverse system proving the Buddha as authority
Verse 146 of the Pramanavarttika, forward and reverse systems establishing the Buddha as an authority.
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The Buddha as savior
Verses 145 and 146 of the Pramanavarttika, including compassion as the proof of Buddha as…
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The Buddha as Sugata
Verses 139-145 of the Pramanavarttika, including the three special qualities of a Buddha’s abandonment of…
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The Buddha as teacher
Verses 134-139 of the Pramanavarttika, including the Buddha's complete clarity about the flaws and good…
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Forward system proving the Buddha as authority
Verses 131-133 of the Pramanavarttika, including the importance of consistency and intention for developing compassion.
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Buddha’s infinite accustomation to compassion
Verses 119-131 of the Pramanavarttika, including how qualities like love and compassion can increase infinitely.
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