Buddhist Reasoning and Debate
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Inferential cognizers and direct perceivers
Teaching on the last two types of consciousnesses: inferential cognizers and direct perceivers.
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Four kinds of direct perceivers
Covering the sections in Chapter 12 “Four Types of Direct Perceivers” and “Believing in Something…
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Believing in something that is not real
Covering the last section in Chapter 12 “Believing in Something That Is Not Real” and…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Comparisons of consciousnesses
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads the class through the first few comparisons of different kinds of…
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Agent, action, and object
Finishing Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition” and covering Chapter 14 “The Three Spheres of Agent, Object,…
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Choosing your debate partner
Covering Chapter 15 on the topic of “Choosing Your Debate Partner” and becoming a suitable…
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Challengers and defenders
Beginning to teach Chapter 16, 'Challengers and Defenders', which focuses on the two key roles…
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Manjushri, the special deity of debate
Teaching on Chapter 18, 'Manjushri, the special deity of debate', and beginning of teaching on…
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The three purposes of debate
Teaching on the three purposes of debate, and beginning Chapter 20 on definitions, divisions and…
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Definitions
Continuing the section on Definitions in Chapter 20 "Definitions, Divisions, and Illustrations."
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Venerable Sangye Khadro What is the mind?
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense…
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