Level 2 of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana).

This Course is based upon the Commentary on Valid Perception (Pramanavarttika)
by Master Dharmakirti (630 AD) with a commentary from The Key for Starting the
Logic Machine (Rik- lam Trul- gyi Deamik) by Purbuchok Jampa Tsultrim Gyatso
(1825- 1901). The Course presents the structure of Buddhist logic and the forms
of Buddhist debate. Topics include: the correct motivation for debate; debating
tactics and the flow of a debate; the subject, quality, and reason of the debate;
why logic is more valuable than faith; how studying logic leads to perceiving
emptiness; what makes a reason correct; contradictions and relationships;
relationships of identity, and relationships of cause and effect; proving the
absence of something; material causes and contributing factors; valid perception;
changing and unchanging things; an outline of all existing things; the concept
of time according to each of the four schools of thought; and the reason why
suffering has an end.

This Online Formal Study Course consists of eleven classes, each of which has
approximately two hours of audio, along with corresponding written materials.

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