Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a brief overview of Buddhist ontology and walks the class through completion of Exercise 4.4
Buddhist ontology
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Syllogisms
Geshe Dadul Namgyal explains how syllogisms are used in Buddhist logic and debate, and answers general questions on Buddhist philosophy.
Review of four possibilities
Reviewing the debate on the four possibilities and the four possibilities without anything that is neither in debate
Four possibilities
Continuing Chapter Four by engaging the audience in identifying the ‘four possibilities’ when comparing different phenomena
The comparison of phenomena
Beginning chapter four by teaching on how to use logic and reasoning to understand how categories of phenomena relate to each other.
Practicing the Dharma
Finishing Chapter Three, with advice for how to incorporate the Buddha’s teachings into our lives skillfully, without contradiction.
The three higher trainings
Teaching Chapter Three, focusing on the three higher trainings of ethical conduct, meditative stabilization and wisdom.
Syllogisms
Venerable Thubten Tarpa elaborates on the brief debate from the previous teaching, providing insight into the form of syllogisms and how they lead to wisdom.
Motivation to practice
How mindfulness of death and impermanence provides motivation to practice the Dharma, and why we need reasoning and logic as part of our spiritual practice.
Why study debate?
Introduction to the text with an explanation of why we would want to study debate.