Weekly teachings on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice. Venerable Thubten Chodron explains great Buddhist philosophical treatises in plain English, bringing ancient wisdom to life in a modern context. Get the podcast on TuneIn Radio. Streamed live from Sravasti Abbey on Thursdays at 6 pm PST
Weekly teachings on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice. Venerable Thubten Chodron explains great Buddhist philosophical treatises in plain English, bringing ancient wisdom to life in a modern context. Get the podcast on TuneIn Radio. Streamed live from Sravasti Abbey on Thursdays at 6 pm PST
Reviewing the last two sections in Chapter 23 – “The Opening Volleys” and “Reviewing the Defender’s Answers, then beginning Chapter 24 “Strategies in Debate.”
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews Chapter 23, Procedures in Debate.
Venerable Thubten Lamsel leads a review on definitions, divisions, illustrations, and consequences.
Venerable Thubten Damcho leads a review of the debate format.
The Abbey community continues practicing debates.
The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.
Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements made by the challenger.
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
Covering the various responses a challenger can make to the defender.
Explaining the various responses a defender can give to the challenger in a debate, and demonstrating how to ‘spell out your answers.’
