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.
The defender’s response
Venerable Thubten Chodron Explaining the various responses a defender can give to the challenger in a debate, and demonstrating how to 'spell out your answers.'
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The challenger responds to the defender
Covering the various responses a challenger can make to the defender.
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Debate in action
Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.
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Practicing the defender’s answers
Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements made by the challenger.
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More debate practice
The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.
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Venerable Thubten Damcho 
Definitions, divisions, and consequences
Venerable Thubten Lamsel Venerable Thubten Lamsel leads a review on definitions, divisions, illustrations, and consequences.
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Review of procedures in debate
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reviews Chapter 23, Procedures in Debate.
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The opening volleys
Reviewing the last two sections in Chapter 23 - “The Opening Volleys” and “Reviewing the Defender’s Answers, then beginning Chapter 24 “Strategies in Debate.”
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Practicing the comparison of phenomena
Continuing teaching the chapter on 'Strategies in Debate', covering exercises on the comparison of phenomena.
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