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.
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Manjushri, the special deity of debate
Teaching on Chapter 18, 'Manjushri, the special deity of debate', and beginning of teaching on Chapter 19, 'The Three Purposes of Debate.'
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The three purposes of debate
Teaching on the three purposes of debate, and beginning Chapter 20 on definitions, divisions and illustrations.
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Definitions
Continuing the section on Definitions in Chapter 20 "Definitions, Divisions, and Illustrations."
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What is the mind?
Venerable Sangye Khadro Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the definition of awareness and the divisions of awareness into sense vs. mental consciousnesses and perceptions vs. conception.
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Seven kinds of awareness
Venerable Sangye Khadro covering the division of prime and non-prime cognizers, and direct perceivers.
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Facsimiles of direct perceivers
Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on facsimiles of direct perceivers and inferential cognizers.
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Subsequent cognizers
Venerable Sangye Khadro covers the divisions of subsequent cognizers.
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Inattentive perceptions, doubt, and wrong consc...
Venerable Sangye Khadro finishes teaching on the seven types of awareness, explaining inattentive perceptions, doubt and wrong consciousnesses.
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The omnipresent mental factors
Venerable Sangye Khadro begins teaching on 'Mind and Mental Factors', giving an introduction, and covering the five omnipresent mental factors.
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Divisions and illustrations
Reviewing material already covered in Chapter 20 on definitions and illustrations, and discussing the different types of 'divisions.'
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One and different
Going over exercises 20.1 and 20.4 with the class and beginning Chapter 21 “One and Different.”
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