Buddhist Reasoning and Debate
Introductory talks and extensive teachings on debate in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Four possibilities
Continuing Chapter Four by engaging the audience in identifying the 'four possibilities' when comparing different…
View PostReview of four possibilities
Reviewing the debate on the four possibilities and the four possibilities without anything that is…
View PostSyllogisms
Geshe Dadul Namgyal explains how syllogisms are used in Buddhist logic and debate, and answers…
View PostBuddhist ontology
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a brief overview of Buddhist ontology and walks the class through…
View PostMutually inclusive phenomena
Venerable Thubten Tarpa teaches on mutually inclusive phenomena and reviews mutually exclusive phenomena
View PostTips for practice
Venerable Thubten Tarpa covers advice for engaging in the comparison of phenomena, as per the…
View PostStatements of qualities
Teaching on Chapter Five, breaking down what is meant by 'statements of qualities'.
View PostStatements of qualities, Part 2
A continuation of the section on statements of qualities in Chapter Five.
View PostStatements of pervasion
Covering "What Statements of Pervasion Imply,” “Statements of Pervasion Imply Statements of Qualities,” and “Statements…
View PostWestern philosophy and early Buddhist knowledge
Venerable Thubten Tarpa reviews key concepts from Western philosophy and science, and the early Buddhist…
View PostStatements of qualities review
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads the class through a review of the Statements of Qualities section…
View PostStatements of qualities review II
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal finishes reviewing the section on statements of qualities.
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