Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate (2017-19)
Teachings on The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources by Daniel Perdue given at Sravasti Abbey.
Root Text
The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources is available from Shambhala Publications here.
A graded range of consciousnesses
Venerable Thubten Chodron Covering the first two consciousnesses: wrong consciousness and uncertain consciousness learning toward believing something that is not factual.
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Review of internal matter and consciousness
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews the sections in Chapter 10 on Internal Matter, Consciousness, Mental Consciousness and Sense Consciousnesses.
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Review of abstract composites
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal gives a review of abstract composites, or non-associated compositional factors.
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Review of chapters 11 and 12
Venerable Thubten Tsepal reviews Chapters 11 & 12, covering up to sense direct perceivers.
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Doubt and correctly assuming consciousness
Teaching on the seven types of awareness, including doubt and correctly assuming consciousnesses.
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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 That is Real” and responding to a question about bodhicitta.
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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 beginning Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition.”
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Comparisons of consciousnesses
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads the class through the first few comparisons of different kinds of consciousnesses in Exercise 12.1 on page 245.
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Agent, action, and object
Finishing Chapter 13 “Valid Cognition” and covering Chapter 14 “The Three Spheres of Agent, Object, and Action.”
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Choosing your debate partner
Covering Chapter 15 on the topic of “Choosing Your Debate Partner” and becoming a suitable debate partner ourselves.
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Challengers and defenders
Beginning to teach Chapter 16, 'Challengers and Defenders', which focuses on the two key roles in a structured debate in the Indian and Tibetan system.
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