tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146851422024-03-12T18:00:00.027-07:00Institute for Buddhist Dialectical Studies: English classes in Tibetan Buddhist PhilosophyFounded in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to teach courses in Tibetan leading to a Geshe degree. In 2004, the Institute began offering Philosophy classes in English. Information regarding the curriculum will be posted here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-10525428441171438332018-09-18T09:46:00.000-07:002018-09-23T08:50:51.112-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 8 - FALL 2018 AUDIO & RESOURCES <h3>
<u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Class Materials</span></u></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Following His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.
In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD
and the great Tibetan monastic universities, <b>Dharmakirti's terse verses</b>
are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma
Rinchen) Je's commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo, having received
oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has
translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations
into the course text.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Current version of this Term's <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20180915PRAMANA01_12pp.pdf"><i>Pramanavarttika</i> <b>text</b></a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Geshe Wangmo is creating a <b><i>Glossary</i></b> of important terminology. The 1st installment is <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/Glossary201809.pdf">here</a></b>.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/ClassPRAYERS2018.pdf">Class Prayers</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/Pramanavarttika-GyaltsabJe.pdf">TIBETAN - <i>Pramanavarttika Commentary</i></a> by Gyalsab Je with Dharmakirti's root verses. </span></li>
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<u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Resources for this Term</span></u></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> H.H. Dalai Lama's teaching<span style="color: lime;">*</span> on Buddhapalita's <b><i>Commentary on Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way</i></b> in September 2018 includes material Geshe Kelsang Wangmo references as particularly relevant. Video's of the 4-day teaching are available on the <b>Dalai Lama YouTube Channe</b>l & linked here: <b><a href="https://youtu.be/at9UzGclOUk">Day 1</a></b>, <b><a href="https://youtu.be/GkSQ_kGica4">Day 2</a></b>, <b><a href="https://youtu.be/xc2ABt80XO8">Day 3</a></b> and <b><a href="https://youtu.be/h_5AAm2YXx8">Day 4</a></b>. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">*<span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the second year of these teachings, which were requested by a multi-national group of Asians.</span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MP3 recordings of Geshe Kelsang Wangmo translating REVIEW Sessions by Geshe Thupten Palsang are being posted here. They are edited to remove the Tibetan & Chinese portions of the original recordings: <b>Day 1</b>: <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2018RevuBuddhapalitaHHDLyr2/20180904BuddhapalitaREVU.mp3"><u>Review</u></a></b> & <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2018RevuBuddhapalitaHHDLyr2/20180904BuddhapalitaQ&A.mp3"><u><b>Q&A</b></u></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Background Resources from Earlier Terms</u></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you are new to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>,
the resources on this blog can provide background for the studies in
this Sixth Term. The first section of the text provides a general
introduction. The <b>Diagrams & Charts</b> provided in the <b>Fall 2014 Term</b>, as well as other class recordings, transcripts or class descriptions provided on the posts listed below may be of use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><b>DOWNLOAD CHARTS & MP3 Recordings of Classes of the FIRST PRAMANA term, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Fall 2014</span></b>, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014_10_01_archive.html">here</a></span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;"><u>See</u></span> <b>blog posts</b> for <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html">Class 1</a></b></span> & <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-fall-2014-class-2.html"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Class 2</span></a></b> for an Introduction to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You
can find some CLASS [DRAFT] TRANSCRIPTS & AUDIO RECORDINGS on this
BLOG from all the earlier Terms: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015,
Spring 2016 & Fall 2016. </span><br />
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CLASS ONE - Monday, 17 September 2018:</span></h4>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018FALL01/20180917C01T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Introduction to this term, praying to God, Compassion. </span></li>
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<li span="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018FALL01/20180917C01T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. Past & Future Lives. Dharmakirti challenges the ancient Indian materialist/hedonist philosophy school [Lokayata <span style="font-size: x-small;">aka</span> Charvaka] which, like our era's dominant Scientific Materialis<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>m</u></span>, rejects karma, past or future lives, etc.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018FALL01/20180917C01T3.mp3">Track 3</a>. Q&A re Reincarnation, Bardo, and more. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Geshe Wangmo speaks of the importance of Reincarnation, which is often hard for Western materialists to accept, in the practice of Buddhism. She advises that we <span style="font-size: small;">watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoe3_r7BZ1wznA4kQKn7Q8A/playlists">YouTube Videos</a> regarding, for instance, the </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reincarnation Research of</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(deceased)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ian Stevenson, MD</span></span>,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carlson Professor of Psychiatry Chair</span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">CLASS TWO - Wednesday, 19 September 2018</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018CLASS02/20180919C02T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Prayers & Glossary. Introduction to complex study of different types of causation & effects. Chapter 7 of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Buddhapalita's Commentary on the Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way </i>[<i>which H.H. Dalai Lama taught earlier in September</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*</span></span>] is particularly relevant here. Is the Body the <i><b>indispensable cause</b></i> of the Mind, or vice versa? Per Buddhism, Mind is the Indispensable cause of the Body, but we must establish convincing proof of this thesis that the Body is result of coarse and subtle thoughts. An indispensable cause can either be <i><b>the</b> indispensable cause </i>or a <b>Special Cooperative Condition</b> for an effect. <i>E.g.</i>, a bottle is the <i>special cooperative condition</i> of a bottle of water as the vessel containing the water. Likewise a Body is the <i>special indispensable condition </i>of a Mind, <i>i.e., </i>a <i>Mental Consciousness. </i><span style="color: #e69138;">Videos of the 4 day-teaching are on the Dalai Lama YouTube channel {<a href="https://youtu.be/at9UzGclOUk">Day 1</a>}.</span> </span></li>
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<li span="" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018CLASS02/20180919C02T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. <b>Subtle Impermanence</b>. How can we say that a sprout that is changing moment-to-moment [<i>e.g., </i>into a flower] <i>is a sprout</i> when during the sprout's abiding as a sprout, it is changing, <i>i.e.</i>, disintegrating towards the moment when it is no longer present & a flower has arisen? All characteristics of phenomena can only be designated in relation to other characteristics of phenomena.</li>
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<b>Begins reading/exposition of the text</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">: "<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">counteract the misperception that the body is the substantial and, thus, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the indispensable cause of the mental consciousness, Dharmakirti presents the definition of substantial cause." </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">[Dharmakirti says in the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>]:</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Without a transformation of the substantial cause </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The substantial result would be unable to change. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">[This is] <i>like,</i> [for]<i> example, without the transformation </i>[61] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Of the clay </i>[there would be no transformation of a clay] <i>vase, and so forth.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">[Gyaltsab Je's commentary] </span> Regarding the subject, the flame of a lamp, it is <b>the substantial cause</b> of the rays of the flame of the lamp, (a) because <b>without the transformation of</b> [the flame’s] nature, <b>the substantial result</b>, the nature of the rays of [the flame] <b>would be unable to change</b> [and] (b) because [the flame] is the unique and direct placing agent of the mark, the mere nature [of the rays]. This is <b>like</b>, for <b>example,</b> <b>without a transformation of the clay</b>, and there would be no transformation of a clay <b>vase, and so forth</b>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">CLASS THREE - Friday, 21 September 2018</span></b><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018CLASS03/20180921C03T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Discussion & Review </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2018CLASS03/20180921C03T2.mp3"><u>Track 2</u></a>. Cont. TEXT</span></b></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-49214647334565697812018-09-15T15:15:00.000-07:002018-09-18T08:47:23.465-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 8 - FALL 2018 ANNOUNCEMENT<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 8th term of the study of the S<b>econd Chapter</b> of Dharmakirti's <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: medium;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>) in the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> <b>Studies (IBD)</b> continues the study of the logical reasoning for <b>Past & Future Lives</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <b>main topic</b> of this term is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <i><b>Reincarnation and the Relationship between Mind and Bod</b></i>y. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For Those in India who wish to attend: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Class Schedule</b>: Monday, 17 SEPTEMBER – Friday, 16 NOVEMBER 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4:00-6:00 PM – Monday, Wednesday & Friday </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Course Fee</b>: 400 Rupees/Month - <i>All proceeds sponsor IBD students' living expenses</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Class Location</b>: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Walk up the steep street [<i>Thardoling Rd.</i> aka <i>Kirti Monastery St.</i>] from the Temple Taxi stand towards Chonor House. Not far up that street, an IBD building, on your right, has exterior metal stairs. Go up the stairs & classroom is to your right.</span><b> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b>: </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The text is prepared by Ven. Wangmo from her translations of Dharmakirti's text, commentary by Gyaltsab Je and oral commentaries by contemporary masters. Handouts of the text will be distributed to the class throughout the term.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>*</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Course Teacher</b>: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree upon her successful completion of the 17-year curriculum at IBD. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Students</b>: The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are welcome to attend before you enroll. If you are unable to attend the entire course in person, you may be able to continue by following the classes online.<span style="color: red;"><b>*</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Course Background</b>:</span><br />
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Dharmakirti's <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i> is highly valued and is
studied in the Geshe curriculum. The Second Chapter examines whether or
not Buddhist Enlightenment is feasible or even possible -- issues that
must be personally resolved by those considering the Bodhisattva path.
Therefore, in May 2015, H.H. Dalai Lama suggested that our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, teach the Second Chapter and place the multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b> </i>(<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) on hiatus until completion of the Second Chapter of <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>* <span style="color: black;">Our best efforts will be made to post Audio Files of Classes & the Text as it becomes availalable.</span></b></span></span> </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25650 Robinson Ferry Rd, White Plains, VA 23893, USA36.630811838898921 -77.95898475000001311.108777338898921 -119.26757875000001 62.152846338898925 -36.650390750000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-91805679985128309072018-04-01T04:46:00.002-07:002018-04-01T04:46:43.147-07:00PRAMANA - ANNOUNCEMENT - SPRING 2018 TERM CANCELLED<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dear Friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Due to unavoidable situations, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo is required to remain in Germany longer than anticipated. Her obligations there mean that she will be unable to conduct a Spring 2018 Term of the <i>Pramana</i> course. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-80325094386968202272017-11-19T23:07:00.000-08:002017-12-19T05:20:50.701-08:00Nagarjuna's "Dream Tale" - Geshe Thupten PalsangGeshe Thupten Palsang is giving a teaching at Tse Chok Ling Monastery -- translated by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo -- on a short text by Arya Nagarjuna on the Method aspect of the Path.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>These Classes Concluded with Class 7 on Sunday, November 12, 2017</b></span></span></span> </h3>
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VIDEO FILES of LIVE STREAMED classes are on FACEBOOK</h3>
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Geshe Thupten Palsang's Malaysian students live streamed these teachings with Tibetan & English audio - on Geshe Palsang's FACEBOOK page created by his students:</h4>
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Search for <span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><b>Thupten Palsang</b></span> on Facebook.<br />
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DOWNLOAD AUDIO & TEXT FILES</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Download a PDF of the text here</span>: the <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/DreamTale_Tib-Eng_20171104.pdf"><i><b>Tale of a Wish-Fulfilling Dream</b></i><i><b> </b></i>or the <i><b>Dream Tale</b></i></a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the first class, <b>Saturday, November 4, 2017</b>:</span></div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171104DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a> - Geshe Thupten Palsang introduces the text and its purpose, which is to provide support for our efforts to Generate Love & Compassion for all Sentient Beings per the Mahayana Vehicle of Buddhism.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171104DreamTale02.mp3">Track 2</a> - Arya Nagarjuna explains the purpose of the <i>Tale of a Wish-Fulfilling Dream</i> [<i>Dream Tale</i>] -- to teach us methods/reasonings we can use to generate Loving Compassion for all sentient beings -- in <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 1</span>.<br />
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Since it is that which they achieve, it is like a dream;</div>
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Bodhisattvas accomplish that aspect.</div>
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In order to benefit samsaric beings </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I will teach a few [methods for growing] fond of sentient beings.</div>
<br />
Arya Nagarjuna presents five methods or reasonings to use in Verses 2-6. Geshe Palsang explains the reasoning method set out in <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 2</span>:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
I and all sentient beings are equal [with regard to] happiness and suffering.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Being equal [with regard to] happiness and suffering, we are family.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
So it is not right to completely abandon </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
These [beings] and enter Nirvana. </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the second class, <b>Sunday, November 5, 2017</b>:</span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171105DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a> - Geshe Thupten Palsang elaborates Arya Nagarjuna’s Second and and Third Reasoning methods for generating Love and Compassion for all sentient beings in <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 3 </span>& <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 4</span> of the <i>Dream Tale</i>:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Together with these beings I experienced</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The sufferings of the lower realms and</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
All sorts of happiness of the higher realms.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Since we dwelt as one, I am fond of them.</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Not just once did I reside in every womb.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Nor is there a single sentient being</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Who did not reside in my womb.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Therefore, we are all family.</div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171105DreamTale02.mp3"><span style="color: black;">Tr</span>ack 2</a> - Geshe Palsang presents Arya Nagarjuna’s Fourth
Reasoning method for generating Love and Compassion for all sentient
beings in <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 5</span>:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Further, I am fond of the Buddha.<br />
As he worked hard for the sake <br />
Of these [sentient beings] for a very long time;<br />
That too makes me fond of sentient beings.</div>
<br />
Geshe Palsang responds to students' questions.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the Third class, <b>Monday, November 6, 2017</b>:</span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171106DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a> - Geshe Thupten Palsang introduces Arya Nagarjuna’s Fifth
Reasoning method for generating Love and Compassion for all sentient
beings in <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Verse 5 </span>of the <i>Dream Tale</i>:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
In this way, since benefiting and harming</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Are the [respective] causes of immeasurable</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Happiness and suffering,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Sentient beings are also my gurus.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
The five verses are elaborated in the text. Since this Fifth Reasoning is the most complex or difficult, Geshe Palsang begins an introduction to the working of the Law of Karma, which needs to be understood in order to meditate on this method:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<ul>
<li>Law Cause & Effect vis-à-vis Law of Karma</li>
<li>Law of Karma and Concomitant Karmic Results </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171106DreamTale02.mp3"><span style="color: black;">Tr</span>ack 2</a> - Understanding How the Mind Works in order to:<br />
<ul>
<li> Understand Operation of Karma as primary results of virtuous, non-virtuous and neutral actions are Experiences of Feelings;</li>
<li>"Origin" of our Mental Consciousness;</li>
<li> Characteristics of our Mental-Emotional Experiences;</li>
<li> Mind/Body relationship;</li>
<li> How can results of activities of one life be experienced in the next life.</li>
</ul>
Geshe-la urges us to Meditate on the Five Reasons for Cultivating Loving Compassion for All Sentient Beings given in Verses 2-6 of the <i>Dream Tale</i> and Reviews those Five Reasons.<br />
<br />
Geshe Palsang responds to a heartfelt and important question.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the Fourth class,<b> Wednesday, November 8, 2017</b>:</span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171108DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a> - Geshe Thupten Palsang Introduction - Operation of Karma, cont., the Power of the Mind/Clairvoyance, Bardo & Rebirth, Prophecies.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171108DreamTale02.mp3">Track 2</a> - Geshe Thupten Palsang presents <i>Dream Tale</i> text:<br />
<br />
Verses 7-9 - Negative Karmic Effects Result from Harming Sentient Beings.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
(7) The Sugata said, “In this life, experiencing </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The sufferings of being murdered, beaten</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Held hostage, threatened, and so on, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Those are the result of maltreating sentient beings.” </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(8) Physical and non-physical harm,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Being destitute, of an inferior caste, and having a shor life,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
One’s spouse dying, becoming blind:</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
These are the result of having harmed sentient beings</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(9) Experiencing the different types of sufferings</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
On each level of the lower realms, down to Avici hell</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
That is all from my fault</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Of having harmed sentient beings. </div>
<ul>
<li>Verses 10-11 - Positive Karmic Effects Result from Benefiting [& Not Harming] Sentient Beings. </li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(10) Offerings being made to oneself,<br />
Being esteemed, attractive, and having wealth;<br />
Those come through never maltreating<br />
Pleasant or unpleasant sentient beings.<br />
<br />
(11) Being free of disease, of an excellent caste,<br />
Handsome, rich, powerful and having a long life,<br />
Wealth, and so on, and a special spouse<br />
Are the result of benefitting sentient beings.</div>
<ul>
<li>Verses 11-13 - Positive Karmic Effects Result from Benefiting Sentient Beings. </li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(12) Through being fond of sentient beings,<br />
One will attain kingdoms, great kingdoms,<br />
Perfect kingdoms of the sublime wheel-turner,<br />
And the dominions of power.<br />
<br />
(13) Through benefitting sentient beings,<br />
One also attains the state of a Buddha.<br />
What is so marvelous about someone attaining<br />
The insignificant state of an inferior celestial being?</div>
<ul>
<li> Q&A.</li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the Fifth class,<b> Thursday, November 9, 2017</b>:</span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171109DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a>
- Self-Cherishing is Root of All our Harmful Karmic Acts against Others, which Ripen as our own Suffering:<br />
<ul>
<li>Developing Mind that Cherishes Others Will Benefit Us in Our Daily Life Right Now.</li>
<li>How Conjoining Daily Work with Compassionate Motivation to Benefit Others Produces Happiness</li>
<li>Self-Cherishing’s Resentments Lead Us to Destroying our own Chances for Happiness</li>
<li>Enhancing One’s Feeling of Closeness to All Sentient Beings Frees Us from Self-Cherishing’s Prison of Narrow-mindedness.</li>
<li>Benefits of Focusing on Sentient Beings while Practicing the Six Paramitas</li>
<li>Value of Practicing Each of the Six Paramitas </li>
</ul>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171109DreamTale02.mp3">Track 2</a> - Dream Tale text, Verses 14-18 - Enumerating How All Sentient Beings Benefit Me.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
14) If those sentient beings did not exist <br />
With whom could one be generous? <br />
If living beings did not exist, on what basis<br />
Could one achieve the morality of the Vinaya?</div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171109DreamTale03.mp3">Track 3</a> - Verse 15. Without Beings [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.,</i></span> those Who Harm Us], We can’t Develop the Perfection of Patience:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
15) For whose sake does a hero meditate </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
On patience for those who commit a fault? <br />
For the sake of whom does he diligently work<br />
To achieve his deeply desired object of attainment? </div>
<br />
Generating Generating Six Types of Clairvoyance<br />
<br />
Verse 16. Without sentient beings, we cannot generate Love, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity & the Bliss of Meditative Absorption<br />
<br />
Verse 17. Without sentient beings of varied types, interests and past life imprints, we cannot develop the Perfection of Wisdom.<br />
<br />
Verse 18. Regard all beings as our Gurus as they are the cause for our Enlightenment<br />
<br />
Questions & Answers<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the Sixth class,<b> Friday, November 10, 2017</b>: </span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171110DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a>
- How to Practice the 1<span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span>-3<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span> Paramitas of Method, verses 19-22:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
<span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">Verse 19 -
Don’t be frustrated by the Five Practices for taking all living beings as the
Doorway to Great Bliss as these bring happiness in Samsara & lead to Full
Enlightenment.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Vs. 19 - Thus, there will not be the slightest
impatience</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> with the difficulty of moving towards</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Deliberately taking living creatures <span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">to be the
doorway to great bliss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">Verse 20 - Practicing the Perfection of Generosity:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the Bodhisattva Liberating All, Buddha
Gave Away Anything Requested by Anyone:</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">vs. 20 - WIth regard to the [correct] attitude:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">Sentient beings are simply 'me'.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">I will not strongly cling to material things</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 12pt;">Neither at my spouse [and so forth].</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Verse 21 - Practicing the Perfection of Morality.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vs. 21 - I admit to having harmed myself,<br />My parents, and also my<br />Children and spouses;<br />Whereas sentient beings should not be harmed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span> <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171110DreamTale02.mp3">Track 2</a>
- Practice of the Fourth & Fifth Paramitas of Method, verses 23-25 - Without the Practice of the Perfections of Method per the Five Instructions of Nagarjuna's Dream Tale Full Enlightenment cannot be attained:<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Download Audio for the Seventh/Final class,<b> Sunday, November 12, 2017</b>: </span></div>
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171112DreamTale01.mp3">Track 1</a>
- Disadvantages of Not Practicing Method Aspect of Mahayana Path per Nagarjuna’s <i><b>Dream Tale </b></i>Instructions - verses 26-28:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171112DreamTale02.mp3">Track 2</a>
- Qualities attained through Practicing per Nagarjuna’s <i><b>Dream Tale </b></i>Instructions - verses 29-32:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/GeshePALSANG/2017DreamTale/20171112DreamTale03.mp3">Track 3</a>
- No Shortcut/Quicker Route to the Qualities of Full Enlightenment:<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-30860116405168754252017-05-12T02:35:00.000-07:002018-05-08T11:24:34.258-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 6 - SPRING 2017 AUDIO & RESOURCES <div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b><u>Special Announcement</u></b></span><b>: Classes have moved from the Main Prayer Hall of IBD. They are held in a classroom in the IBD building located </b><br />
<b>on the steep street from the Temple Taxi stand to Chonor House. </b><br />
<b>As you walk up that street from the Taxi stand, go up </b><br />
<b>the first exterior metal stairs on your right. </b><br />
Timing of the <b><span style="color: blue;">WEDNESDAY Class </span>is from </b><span style="color: blue;"><b>4:00-6:00 p.m</b>.</span> </div>
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<u>Class Materials</u> </h3>
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Following His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.
In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD
and the great Tibetan monastic universities, Dharmatkirti's terse verses
are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma
Rinchen) Je's commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo, having received
oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has
translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations
into the course text.<br />
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<b>This SPRING 2017 Term continues the examination [begun in Class 22 of FALL 2016] of logical reasoning in support of & opposition to the verity of <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">PAST & FUTURE LIVES</span> that is presented in the </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.</div>
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The entire text translated by Geshe Wangmo for prior terms with newly translated pages for this Spring term is posted below. Geshe Wangmo is continue to prepare new pages of text that will be posted here when finalized.</div>
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD PDF C</b></u><b><u>OURSE MATERIALS</u> </b></h3>
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<br /><u>SPRING 2017 TEXT</u>: </h3>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: red;">NEW</span></span> - <span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="color: yellow;">May 12, 2017</span></span> - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/Pramana20170512IBD.pdf">vs. 3 of Spring 2017 Text</a> - includes 12 new pages [pp. 190-201]. </h3>
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<u>SPRING 2017 TRANSCRIPTS</u>:</h3>
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CLASS TWO - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170412CLASS02.pdf">2017 APR 12</a></h3>
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CLASS THREE - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/201704114CLASS03A.pdf">2017 APR 14</a> (only Track 1) </h3>
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CLASS SEVEN - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170424CLASS07.pdf">2017 APR 24</a></h3>
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CLASS EIGHT - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170426CLASS08Final2.pdf">2017 APR 26</a> <span style="color: red;">New - Corrects Misprint in PDF</span></h3>
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CLASS NINE - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170428CLASS09.pdf">2017 APR 28</a> </h3>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PRAYERSBEFORECLASS.pdf">Class PRAYERS</a> (for before and after teaching) in Tibetan & English.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">NOTE</span>: If you view this PDF in your WEB BROWSER, the Tibetan Fonts may not display properly. However, those fonts do display properly in the Downloaded PDF.]</span></blockquote>
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Geshe Wangmo spoke about the class prayers at the beginning of the Spring 2015 Term. The links to the excerpted recordings of her explanation are here:</div>
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<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P1.mp3" target="_blank">Explanation</a> of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P2.mp3" target="_blank">Recitation</a> (in Tibetan) of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P3.mp3" target="_blank">Dedication Prayers</a> (Explanation & Recitation</b></li>
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<u>Background Resources from Earlier Terms</u></h3>
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If you are new to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>, the resources on this blog can provide background for the studies in this Sixth Term. The first section of the text provides a general introduction. The <b>Diagrams & Charts</b> provided in the <b>Fall 2014 Term</b>, as well as other class recordings, transcripts or class descriptions provided on the posts listed below may be of use.</div>
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD CHARTS & MP3 Recordings of Classes of the FIRST PRAMANA term held in <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Fall 2014</span></b> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014_10_01_archive.html">here</a></span></b>.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><u>See</u></span> <b>blog posts</b> for <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html">Class 1</a></b></span> & <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-fall-2014-class-2.html"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Class 2</span></a></b> for an Introduction to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i> </div>
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<b><b>You can find some CLASS [DRAFT] TRANSCRIPTS & AUDIO RECORDINGS on this BLOG from all the earlier Terms: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016 & Fall 2016. </b></b><br />
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<u>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of SPRING 2017 CLASSES </u></h3>
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CLASS ONE - Monday, 10 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<li>1 <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS01/20170410C01T.mp3">Track</a>.</li>
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CLASS TWO - Wednesday, 12 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170412CLASS02.pdf">TRANSCRIPT</a> </h4>
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<li> <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS02/20170412C02T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Introduction to Course Text - Dharmakirti's <i>Pramanavarttika</i> - a commentary on Dignaga's 2-line Homage for his <i>Compendium of Pramana</i>: </li>
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To the one who <b>has become<i> praman</i>a</b>, the one <b>wishing to benefit migrators</b>, </div>
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To “the <b>teacher</b>”, “the <b>sugata</b>”, “the <b>protector</b>”, I bow down. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མར་གྱུར་པ་འགྲོ་ལ་ཕན་བཞད་པ།</span> <span style="font-size: large;">།སྟོན་པ་བདེ་ཤེགས་སྐྱོབ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ཏེ།</span> </div>
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The homage refers to Five Factors, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, the Causes & Results of Enlightenment, and Dharmakirti analyzes those, first, according to their <i>forward sequence</i>, and then in <i>reverse sequence</i>.
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The prerequisite to the Cause of <b>Intention</b> (<i><b>Bodhicitta</b></i> - desire to benefit all sentient beings) is the generation, over many lifetimes, of <b>Great Compassion</b>.<br />
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Ancient Indian Materialist [Lokayata/Charvaka] Philosophers Objected to existence of Past & Futures Lives<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span>& to the possibility of generating Great Compassion. Contemporary Materialism, which permeates modern society and education, similarly rejects the possibility of Past & Future Lives. Buddhism requires the existence of past & future lives. Even the law of Karma cannot operate otherwise.<br />
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In order to ascertain the existence of past & future lives, one must examine the relationship between the Mind and the Body: <br />
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<li>What is the relationship between Mind & Body? </li>
<li>Is the Mind or the Body a more important factor than the other? </li>
<li>Does one give rise to the other? Is one Part of the other?</li>
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Practice Mindfulness of one's own Body & Mind to investigate the Body/Mind relationship.<br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS02/20170412C02T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. <b>Discussion and Q&A - Relationship between Mind and Body.</b> </li>
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CLASS THREE - Friday, 14 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS03/20170414C03T1.mp3">Track</a> 1. <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/201704114CLASS03A.pdf">TRANSCRIPT of Track 1</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS03/20170414C03T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. </li>
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CLASS FOUR - Monday, 17 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS04/20170417C04T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS04/20170417C04T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. </li>
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CLASS FIVE - Wednesday, 19 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS05/20170419C05T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Introduction & Review: </li>
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<li>Hearing, Contemplating & Meditating. </li>
<li>Discussions: Benefits of Watching Our Mind/Awareness; </li>
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<li>Body/Mind Relationship; </li>
<li>Out-of-Body & Near Death Experiences. </li>
<li>Is the Mind necessarily Located in the Body?</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS05/20170419C05T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. Text: Body is Not the Special Base of the Mind:</li>
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<li><i>Special Base</i> is Either a Substantial Cause or a Special Cooperative Condition</li>
<li>Mind is a <i>special base</i> of the body, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, a special cooperative condition of the body. </li>
<li>What about Karma Ripening Instantly?</li>
<li>Definitive & Interpretive Teachings.</li>
<li>Higher Rebirth, Liberation & Omniscience are only possible with Reincarnation.</li>
<li>Importance of certain varieties of Faith.</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS05/20170419C05T3.mp3">Track 3</a>. Syllogism Through the Power of Fact: </li>
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<li>3 Categories of Phenomena: </li>
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<li>Manifest, Slightly Hidden & Extremely Hidden. </li>
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<li>Very Hidden Phenomena: Celestial, Hungry Ghost & Hell Realms of the Desire Realm & the Celestial Beings of the Form Realm. </li>
<li>Hell Realms & the Lack of Any Objective Existence. </li>
<li>Syllogism of Belief. </li>
<li>Considerations for the Next Class</li>
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CLASS SIX - Friday, 21 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS06/20170421C06T.mp3">Track 1</a>. </li>
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CLASS SEVEN - Monday, 24 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170424CLASS07.pdf">TRANSCRIPT</a> </h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS07/20170424C07T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. <b>Q&A, Discussion - Karma</b></li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS07/20170424C07T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. <b>Questions for Study</b> on p. 176 - Answers/Discussion:</li>
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<li>How does the body serve as the mere base of the mind?</li>
<li>Why is it necessary to understand and realize Past & Future Lives in order to work for Liberation and Enlightenment?</li>
<li>Syllogism through the Power of Fact & Syllogism of Belief </li>
<li>Three Natures: Hearer Nature, Solitary Realizer Nature & Mahayana Nature (awoken upon generating Great Compassion). </li>
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<li>Causes for Great Compassion & Causes for Bodhicitta </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS07/20170424C07T3.mp3">Track 3</a>. <b>Presentation/Explanation of new text material </b>(p. 176-7):</li>
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"Setting forth the Establishing Agent of the Existence of Past & Future Lives:
<br /> (1) Setting forth the Reasons: <b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [Dharmakirti says in the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>:]</span></span></b></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>When one has thoroughly taken birth, <br />Inhalations, exhalations, sense powers, and awarenesses<br />Do [not] exist independently of similar types.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Regarding the subject, a newly-born ordinary being’s exhalations and inhalations, [his] lucid sense powers and specific awarenesses such as distractedness, etc., they do not – when [that being] has fully taken birth – exist independently of earlier [continuums] of similar types, because of possessing exhalations and inhalations, and so forth." - 1st Syllogism</span><i> </i>
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<li>Three Syllogisms to Establish Continuum of Consciousness</li>
<li>Explanation of Syllogisms </li>
<li>[Homework - be Mindful of Anger]</li>
<li>Exhalation & Inhalation - Energy Winds</li>
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CLASS EIGHT - Wednesday, 26 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170426CLASS08Final2.pdf">TRANSCRIPT</a> - <span style="color: red;">Rev. 6/25/17 corrects PDF Mis-Print</span></h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS08/20170426C08T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Review: <b>Mindfulness of Body, Mind, Feelings & Dharm</b>a.</li>
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<li>Approaches to Studying Our Text </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS08/20170426C08T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. Three Syllogisms - Establishing Continuum of Consciousness: </li>
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<li> <b>Earlier Continuum of a Similar Type</b> - the Substantial Cause of later continuum. <b></b></li>
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<li>Is whatever is an earlier continuum of something always its cause?<b> </b></li>
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<li><b>Lucid Sense Powers. </b></li>
<li><b>Specific Awareness</b>, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>,<b> Distractedness.</b></li>
<li><b>Newly Born Conception. </b></li>
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<li><b>Respiration & Sense Powers in Newly Born Conception.</b></li>
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<li><b>Clear Light Mind & Post-Death Meditation</b></li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS08/20170426C08T3.mp3">Track 3</a>. <b>Subtle Mind </b>[Clear & Knowing] is <b>One Entity with Its Subtle Energy </b>[Movement]</li>
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<li>Phenomena Can be Different & Inseparably of One Nature, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g., </i></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span>Consciousness & Its Energy Wind</li>
<li> Color & Taste of Blueberry Cake</li>
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CLASS NINE - Friday, 28 APRIL 2017:</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20170428CLASS09.pdf">TRANSCRIPT</a></h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS09/20170428C09T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. <b>Analysis of Emptiness & Continua</b></li>
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<li>A Seed & Sprout are a Continuum</li>
<li>If there is No Smallest Moment of Time, What is the Last Moment of burning Butter Lamp?</li>
<li>Lack of Intrinsically Existent First Moment of Sprout Germination</li>
<li>Relative & Ultimate Analysis</li>
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<li>SPACE - Permanent & Impermanent Space</li>
<li>Negative Phenomena</li>
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<li>If First Moment of Consciousness in the Continuum of a Newly Conceived Person is Not from Physical Ovum & Sperm, does it come:</li>
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<li>From the Parents’ Awarenesses? </li>
<li>As Part of Matter? </li>
<li>From a Single/Divine/Group Origin?</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS09/20170428C09T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. <b>Positive & Negative Concomitance</b></li>
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<li><b>P</b>resentation of Gyaltsab Je Commentary, p. 178: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
"It is through the ascertainment of positive and negative concomitance that it is established that the distractedness, etc., of awareness is generated by familiarity with its cause. Were that not to be the case, there would be a logical absurdity: it would follow that there are no causes and results, because there would be no pramana that ascertains them."</span><b> </b></li>
<li><b>Positive Concomitance: </b>positive relationship between a cause and a result:</li>
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<li>When you have a result, there must have been a cause.<b></b></li>
<li>When you have a cause, the result can be created.<b><br /></b></li>
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<li><b>Negative Concomitance: </b>negative relationship between a cause and a result:<b></b></li>
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<li>When you don’t have the result, you didn’t have the cause</li>
<li>When there’s no cause, the result cannot be generated.</li>
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<li>Also:<b></b></li>
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<li>Whenever you have a cause, you don’t necessarily have a result.</li>
<li>Any result always has more than one cause:</li>
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<li>You cannot have a result that has not arisen from many causes.</li>
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<li>You cannot have a cause that gives rise to only one result<b><br /></b></li>
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<li><b>Imprints, Potentials, Seeds & Karmic Imprints</b></li>
<li><b>Habituating Ourselves with the Afflictions</b></li>
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<li>Our responsibility to be happier for the sake of others.<b></b></li>
<li>Positive Counterpart Exists for Every Negative Emotional Affliction<b>.</b></li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS09/20170428C09T3.mp3">Track 3</a><b>. Establishing that Familiarity with Afflictive Mental States requires Causes </b>(past Habituation in a Former Mental Continuum).</li>
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<li>Then Dharmakirt says<b> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">[p. 179]</span>: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"They are not generated by the body alone,"</span><b><br /></b></li>
<li>Gyaltsab Je's commentary:<b> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Also, regarding that subject, they are not generated by the elemental body alone, because they are generated by an earlier [continuum of] an awareness, etc., that is of a similar type.”</span><b><br /></b></li>
<li>Respiration - Mental Effort is Required<b><br /></b></li>
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CLASS TEN - Monday, 1 MAY 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS10/20170501C10T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS10/20170501C10T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. </li>
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<b>CLASS ELEVEN</b> - <b>Wednesday, 3 MAY 2017</b>:<br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS11/20170503C11T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. Review & Discussion: Feasibility of Rebirth in Lower Realms:</li>
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<li>Concerns, Worries & Fears about future lower rebirth. Intention/Motivation of Karma (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, Action) Effects Karmic fruit. Rebirth by a Human into a Lower Realm. How can Carnivore Animals ever attain Human rebirth? Purification of Karmic consequences of negative deeds.</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS11/20170503C11T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. Having “proven” existence of Past Lives, Dharmakirti debates with Materialists re Existence of Future Lives:</li>
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<li>Can Matter [atoms of ovum & sperm] produce Consciousness (Experiencing Minds)</li>
<li>Taking Reincarnation as a Working Hypothesis, Supplement Reasoning with Evidence & Personal Investigation</li>
<li>Relationship of Mind & Body - Placebo & Nocebo evidence power of Consciousness over matter.</li>
</ul>
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CLASS TWELVE - Friday, 5 MAY 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS12/20170505C12T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. <b>Causes & Conditions necessary for rebirth</b>: </li>
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<li>Responses to Doubts about one Syllogistic Reasoning supporting Reincarnation: <i>'Mind of a Newly Born</i> [i.e.., Conceived] <i>Being</i>, <i>Its Cause is a Preceding Mind Because it was Preceded by a Knower that is its cause, because it is a Knower';</i></li>
<li>Syllogism’s Reasoning; Every Impermanent Phenomenon Is a Continuum. </li>
<li>Can the Law of Karma Provides the Causal Explanation to “Nurture or Nature” Dilemma?</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS12/20170505C12T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. Any Mind Is Necessarily Preceded by Its Substantial Cause, a Former Moment Of Awareness. </li>
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<li>Every Impermanent Phenomenon Is a Continuum. </li>
<li>How to Establish Pervasion of a Syllogism. </li>
<li>Death & Rebirth in Human & Animal Realms per Buddhism & Expression of Prior Life Traits.</li>
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CLASS THIRTEEN - Monday, 8 MAY 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS13/20170508C13T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS13/20170508C13T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. </li>
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CLASS FOURTEEN - Wednesday, 10 MAY 2017:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS14/20170510C14T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS14/20170510C14T2.mp3">Track 2</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2017CLASS14/20170510C14T3.mp3">Track 3</a>. </li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India32.2425758 76.32127809999997232.2157163 76.280937599999973 32.2694353 76.361618599999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-92087199634364934422017-03-26T08:22:00.000-07:002017-04-15T02:38:10.032-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 6 - SPRING 2017 ANNOUNCEMENTThe 6th term of the study of the S<b>econd Chapter</b> of Dharmakirti's <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>) in the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> <b>Studies (IBD)</b> continues the study of the logical reasoning for <b>Past & Future Lives</b>. This presentation of the continuity of consciousness, reincarnation, began in the 5th Term, Fall 2016, in Classes 22-25.<br />
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Dharmakirti's <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i> is highly valued and is studied in the Geshe curriculum. The Second Chapter examines whether or not Buddhist Enlightenment is feasible or even possible -- issues that must be personally resolved by those considering the Bodhisattva path. Therefore, in May 2015, H.H. Dalai Lama suggested that our teacher, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo teach the Second Chapter and place the multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b> </i>(<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) on hiatus until completion of the Second Chapter of <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spring</span> </span>201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7</span> Term</span></span></b></span></span></span> </h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics</span> (IBD)</b></h3>
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<b>McLeod Ganj near the Main Temple Complex</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Advanced Buddhist Philosophy Course</span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter Two of </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">Dharmakirti’s<i> - Commentary</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">[</span><b><span style="font-size: large;">on </span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dignaga's <i>Compendium</i> <i>of</i>] <i>Valid Cognition </i>(<i>Pramanavarttika</i>) </span></b></h3>
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<b>Monday, 10 APRIL – Friday, 9 JUNE 2017 </b></h3>
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<b>Teacher: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo<br />Weekly Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />4:00-6:00 PM – Mon & Fri / 4:00-5:30 PM – Wed<br />Fee: 350 Rupees per month <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(All proceeds sponsor IBD students’ living expenses)</span></b></h3>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b><u>Special Announcement</u></b></span><b>: Classes have moved from the Main Prayer Hall of IBD. They are held in a classroom up exterior stairs in the IBD building located on the steep street from the Temple Taxi stand to Chonor House, Kirti Monastery, Thar-do-Ling.</b> </div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Course Topics</span></b></span>: This Spring 2017 term continues the study of the Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>. The main topic of this term is reincarnation - which was introduced in Classes 22-25 of the Fall 2016 Term 5.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b></span>: The text is prepared by Ven. Wangmo from her translations of Dharmakirti's text along with a commentary by Gyaltsab Je and oral commentaries by contemporary masters. Handouts of the text will be distributed to the class throughout the term.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Teacher</b></span>: Ven. Kelsang Wanmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree upon her successful completion of the 17-year curriculum.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Students</b></span>: The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are welcome to attend before you enroll. If you are unable to attend the entire course in person, you may be able to continue by following the classes online.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-85808979599814876312016-10-10T09:42:00.000-07:002017-04-03T07:40:17.448-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 5 - FALL 2016 RESOURCES - ALL AUDIO<h3 style="text-align: left;">
Class Materials </h3>
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Following His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.
In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD
and the great Tibetan monastic universities, Dharmatkirti's terse verses
are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma
Rinchen) Je's commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo, having received
oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has
translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations
into the course text.</div>
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The first half of the complete text for this Fall term is posted below. The remainder of the text needs further editorial review, etc., and will be posted here when finalized.</div>
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD PDF C</b></u><b><u>OURSE MATERIALS</u> </b></h3>
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<b><span style="color: lime;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/Pramana20160919.pdf">PART 1 - FALL 2016 TEXT</a></span> </b></h3>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PRAYERSBEFORECLASS.pdf">Class PRAYERS</a> (for before and after teaching) in Tibetan & English.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">NOTE</span>: If you view this PDF in your WEB BROWSER, the Tibetan Fonts may not display properly. However, those fonts do display properly in the Downloaded PDF.]</span></blockquote>
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Geshe Wangmo spoke about the class prayers at the beginning of the Spring 2015 Term. The links to the excerpted recordings of her explanation are here:</div>
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<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P1.mp3" target="_blank">Explanation</a> of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P2.mp3" target="_blank">Recitation</a> (in Tibetan) of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P3.mp3" target="_blank">Dedication Prayers</a> (Explanation & Recitation</b></li>
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If you are new to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>, the resources on this blog can provide background for the studies in this Fifth Term. The first section of the text provides a general introduction. The <b>Diagrams & Charts</b> provided in the Fall 2014 Term, as well as other class recordings, transcripts or class descriptions provided on the posts listed below hopefully may be of use.</div>
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD CHARTS & MP3 Recordings of Classes of the <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Fall 2014 Term</span></b> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014_10_01_archive.html">here</a></span></b>.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><u>See</u></span> <b>blog posts</b> for <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html">Class 1</a></b></span> & <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-fall-2014-class-2.html"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Class 2</span></a></b> for an Introduction to the <i>Pramanavarttika</i> </div>
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD </b></b><b><b>MP3 Recordings of Classes for the <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Spring 2015 Term</span></b> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramana-course-term-2-spring-2015.html">here</a></span></b>.<br />
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<b>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of the first 15 Classes of the</b><b><b> <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Spring 2016 Term</span></b></b> <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2016/05/pramana-term-4-spring-2016-recordings_23.html">here</a>.</div>
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<u>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of FALL 2016 CLASSES </u></h3>
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CLASS ONE - Monday, 19 SEPT 2016:</h4>
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<li>1 <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL01/20160919C0T0.mp3">Track</a>.</li>
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CLASS TWO - Wednesday, SEPT. 21, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL02/20160921C02T0.mp3">1 Track</a>. </li>
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CLASS THREE - Friday, SEPT. 22, 2016</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL03/20160923C03T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">[Text, p. 157]</span> </li>
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<li><b>Demonstrating that</b> [<b>Ishvara</b>] <b>Being the Creator of Everything is Negated by <i>Pramana</i></b>. Presentation & discussion of commentary by contemporary master. </li>
<li><b>It is not Correct that Permanent</b> [Ishvara] <b>is a Cause</b>. Presentation & discussion of commentary by Gyaltsab Je.</li>
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<li>Topics presented and discussed include:</li>
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<li>Continua; How do phenomena exist? </li>
<li>How can phenomena made of infinitely divisible parts that are changing in infinitely incremental time be posited?</li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL03/20160923C03T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - <b>Cause & Effect</b>.</li>
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<li>Presentation & discussion of Dharmakirti’s verse: </li>
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<i>J<b>ust as the entity</b> [of Ishvara] <b>is a cause</b></i></div>
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<i><b>At that time he is a non-cause</b>, [It is not feasible </i></div>
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<i>that] <b>at the very</b> [time] <b>he is, owing to whatever </b>[reason], <b>accepted <br /> To be a cause</b>, [he] <b>not </b>[be] <b>accepted to be a non-cause</b>.</i></div>
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<li><b>Q&A</b> </li>
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CLASS FOUR - Monday, SEPT. 26, 2016 <span style="font-size: x-small;">- NOTE: <span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Tracks posted</span></span> <span style="color: red;">3/22/2017</span></span></h4>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Rough DRAFT TRANSCRIPT of Class Four</b></span> <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2016Transcripts/20160926C04DRAFT02.pdf" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></b>.</div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL04/20160926C04T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Review: Impermanence inseparable from Cause & Effect; Q&A</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL04/20160926C04T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Buddhist scriptural presentation Refuting Permanent-Omnipotent Creator: Ishvara cannot be both the Cause & Non-Cause of Rice in a Paddy.</h4>
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CLASS FIVE - Tuesday, SEPT. 28, 2016<span style="font-size: x-small;"> - NOTE: <span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Track #1 posted</span></span> <span style="color: red;">3/22/2017</span></span></h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL05/20160928C05T1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - Innate Grasping at Permanence Leads to Our Problems: </h4>
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<li>Understanding Reasonings Why a Permanent Creator Cannot Exist Undermines our Misperceptions of Permanence In transient phenomena </li>
<li>Can a Permanent Ishvara Be the Cause & Non-Cause of Rice?</li>
<li>A Cause of a Thing Must Hold the Potential to Produce that Thing</li>
<li>Many Syllogisms & Absurd Consequences of Faulty Thinking are required in order to Change Innate Misperceptions</li>
<li>Being Of One Nature But Different Isolates</li>
<li>All Our Experience/Perceptions Depend on Two Types of Minds</li>
<li>The Imputed Is Different from & of One Nature with its Basis of Designation — <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, Self Is of One Nature with Body-Mind & Self Is Not the Body &/or Mind</li>
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<li>Synonymous Phenomena</li>
<li>Parts & Their Part-Possessor</li>
<li>Generalities & Instances</li>
<li>Applying Those Three Relations to Phenomena:</li>
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<li>Merely Imputed Phenomena Exist</li>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL05/20160928C05T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Text: pp.140-142: </h4>
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<li>We Create Our Own Reality with our Conceptual Minds</li>
<li>Pervasion & No Pervasion - Correct & Faulty Logical Reasoning</li>
<li>Syllogism Structure & Function: <b> </b></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A</span></span> </b>is <b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">B</span> </b>because it is<b> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">C</span></b></li>
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<li> Positive & Negative Concomitance</li>
<li> Causes as ‘Assistants’</li>
<li> Backwards Causes & Effects</li>
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<li>Repetition in Dharma Practice </li>
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CLASS SIX - Friday, SEPT. 30, 2016</h4>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL06/20160930C06T1.mp3">Track 1</a>. </h4>
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<span style="color: blue;">No Classes were held during H.H. Dalai Lama Teachings, October 3-5</span>.</h4>
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<b>CLASS SEVEN - Friday, OCT 7, 2016</b> - Review and Q&A of H.H. Dalai Lama Teachings. [Recording will be Uploaded when it is available]<br />
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CLASS EIGHT - Monday, OCT. 10, 2016 <span style="font-size: x-small;">- NOTE: <span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Tracks posted</span></span> <span style="color: red;">3/24/2017</span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Rough DRAFT TRANSCRIPT of CLASS EIGHT</b></span> <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2016Transcripts/20161010FALL08-V2.pdf" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></b>.</div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL08/20161010C08T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Review.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL08/20161010C08T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Continue text, p. 143: How a Consciousness is Generated. Direct & Indirect Causes of Results.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL08/20161010C08T3.mp3">Track 3</a> <span style="font-weight: normal;">-</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Assertion re Three Conditions</span> (<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">རྐྱེན་གསུམ་</span> - rkyen gsum) Necessary for any Sense Consciousness to Arise:</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">observed object condition (<span style="font-size: large;">དམིགས་རྐྱེན་</span> - dmigs rkyen) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">empowering condition (<span style="font-size: large;">བདག་རྐྱེན་</span> - bdag rkyen) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">immediately preceding condition (<span style="font-size: large;">དེ་མ་ཐག་རྐྱེན་</span> - de ma thag rkyen) </span>
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<b>CLASS NINE - Wednesday, OCT. 12, 2016</b>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- NOTE: <span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="color: orange;">Tracks posted</span></span> <span style="color: red;">3/30/2017</span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Rough DRAFT TRANSCRIPT of CLASS NINE</b></span> <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2016Transcripts/20161012FALL09-v2.pdf" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></b>.</div>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL09/20161012C09T1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - Review: How does Consciousness Arise? What cause must always be present? Dependence & Causation & Imputation.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL09/20161012C09T2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a> - Q&A. Disposing [of the Idea that our Objections Apply] Equally to Us - Section of text completed - pp. 145-6.</li>
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<b>CLASS TEN - Friday, OCT. 14, 2016</b>.<br />
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<li>1 <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL10/20161014C10T.mp3" target="_blank">Track</a> - Review: p. 147 - Questions for Study. cont. text:
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<li>"Establishing that the One Who Directly Cognizes the Mode of Existence, the Way They Abide, of All [Objects of Knowledge} Is an Omniscient One".</li>
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<li>"Refuting [the Idea that Ishvara] who Knows How to Make All Objects of Knowledge Is an Omniscient One."</li>
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<b>CLASS ELEVEN - Monday, OCT. 17, 2016</b>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL11/20161017C11T1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - Responses to Questions regarding relationships between the Three Conditions required for direct perception {Observed object condition, empowering [sense power] condition & immediately Three Conditions/Factors of causation.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL11/20161017C11T2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a> - Q&A</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL11/20161017C11T3.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a> - Responding to Challenge that if a creator god is untenable, so is an Omniscient Buddha. </li>
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<li>Why Buddhists contest the reasoning, “because it says so in scripture” & rely on logical proofs for assertions. </li>
<li>Why “because it says so in scripture” cannot be a valid reason for asserting Buddha is Omniscient. </li>
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<b>CLASS TWELVE - Wednesday, OCT. 19, 2016</b>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL12/20161019C12T1.mp3" target="_blank">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS THIRTEEN - Friday, OCT. 21, 2016</b>.<br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL13/20161021C13T.mp3" target="_blank">1 Track</a>. Meaning of “Omniscience”. </li>
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<li>Opponent: If Buddhahood were possible, you couldn’t realize that Omniscient mind exists unless you are already a Buddha. </li>
<li>Buddhist response to Debate re Omniscience.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS FOURTEEN - Monday, OCT. 19, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL14/20161024C14T.mp3" target="_blank">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS FIFTEEN - Thursday, OCT. 27, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL15/20161027C15T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS SIXTEEN - Friday, OCT. 28, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL16/20161028C16T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS SEVENTEEN - Monday, OCT 31, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL17/20161031C17T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS EIGHTEEN - Wednesday, NOV. 2, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL18/20161102C18T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS NINETEEN - Thursday, NOV. 4, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL19/20161104C19T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY - Monday. NOV. 7, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL20/20161107C20T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-ONE - Wednesday. NOV. 9, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL21/20161109C21T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-TWO - Friday, NOV. 11, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL22/20161111C22T.mp3">1 Track</a>. Past & Future Lives</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-THREE - Monday, NOV. 14, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL23/20161114C23T.mp3">1 Track</a>. <b>Past & Future Lives</b> / Reincarnation</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-FOUR - Wednesday, NOV. 16, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL24/20161116C24T.mp3">1 Track</a>. <b>Past & Future Lives</b> / Reincarnation</li>
</ul>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-FIVE - Friday, NOV. 18, 2016</b>.<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016FALL25/20161118C25T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh 176219, India32.2425758 76.32127809999997232.2157163 76.280937599999973 32.2694353 76.361618599999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-21641887708198175342016-09-09T00:21:00.002-07:002016-09-09T00:31:16.340-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 5 - FALL 2016 ANNOUNCEMENTIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> studies [in Fall 2014] began
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
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The multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b></i> (<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) that began several years ago is on hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">FALL </span>2016 Term</span></span></b></span></span></span> </h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics</span> (IBD)</b></h3>
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<b>McLeod Ganj near the Main Temple Complex</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Advanced Buddhist Philosophy Course</span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter Two of </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">Dharmakirti’s<i> - Commentary</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">[</span><b><span style="font-size: large;">on </span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dignaga's <i>Compendium</i> <i>of</i>] <i>Valid Cognition </i>(<i>Pramanavarttika</i>) </span></b></h3>
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<b>Monday, 19 SEPTEMBER – Friday, 18 NOVEMBER 2016 </b></h3>
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<b>Teacher: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo<br />Weekly Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />4:00-6:00 PM – Mon & Fri / 4:00-5:30 PM – Wed<br />Location: IBD Prayer Hall - Main Temple Complex<br /><span style="font-size: small;">[Go through Main Temple Gate/Upstairs on right]</span><br />Fee: 350 Rupees per month <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(All proceeds sponsor IBD students’ living expenses)</span></b></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Course Topics</span></b></span>:
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the main topics of this term is the
reasoning proofs for </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 115%;">Past & Future
Lives</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> presented in the <b>Second Chapter</b> of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Commentary on</b> </i>[<b>Dignaga’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Compendium of</i></b>]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <b>Valid Cognition</b> </i>(<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pramanavarttika</i></b>)
by Dharmakirti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The topics from Chapter
Two that were covered during the prior four terms [Fall 2014 thru Spring 2016]
will be briefly reviewed.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b></span>:
The text for this Fall term has not been completed. It will be distributed in class and posted here.<br />
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The Text handouts are translated from Tibetan by Ven. Wangmo and serve as the text for every class.
This text includes a translation of the commentary on Dharmakirti’s
Second Chapter by Gyaltsab Je (a chief disciple of Je Tsongkhapa), <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation, </b></i>which embeds the <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i> </b>in its commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo translates relevant<i><b> commentaries by contemporary masters</b></i> which follow each passage from Gyaltsab Je.<br />
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Using
the curriculum of the great Tibetan monastic universities that is
taught at IBD, this advanced philosophy course presents Dharmakirti’s
logical proofs of the validity of the basis, path and fruit of
liberation and omniscient enlightenment. Students will have
opportunities to discuss and debate the subject matter in class.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Course Teacher</span>:
Ven. Kelsang Wangmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree from IBD
for successful completion of the 17-year curriculum studies.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Students</span>:
The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of
Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are
welcome to visit before you enroll. Should you be unable to attend the
entire Fall 2015 course, you may be able to continue by downloading
audio files of the classes depending upon the frailties of the Blogger: <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/">ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh 176219, India32.2425758 76.32127809999997232.2157163 76.280937599999973 32.2694353 76.361618599999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-23055128244198802022016-05-23T19:30:00.001-07:002016-09-20T07:20:03.854-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 4 - Spring 2016 Recordings & Resources<h2>
Class Materials </h2>
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Following H.H. the Dalai Lama's advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.
In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD
and the great Tibetan monastic universities, Dharmatkirti's terse verses
are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma
Rinchen) Je's commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo, having received
oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has
translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations
into the course text.</div>
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The complete text for this Spring Term is included in the <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/Pramana20160919.pdf"><i><b>Fall 2016 TEXT - PART 1</b></i></a>. Due to <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i><b><span style="color: #783f04;">Technical Difficulties</span></b></i></span> the text used during this Spring term is not posted yet. There may be some inconvenience imposed on those who listen to the MP3s posted here while reading the Fall 2016 Text - Part 1 on those occasions when the page numbering has slight variation or further editing is included. It should be kept in mind, that the entire text is subject to further editorial review and change - since this text is a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Work-in-Progress</span>.
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD PDF COURSE MATERIALS</b></u> </h3>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PRAYERSBEFORECLASS.pdf">Class PRAYERS</a> (for before and after teaching) in Tibetan & English. [<i>See</i> Class One, below, for more information about the Class PRAYERS.]<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">NOTE</span>: If you view this PDF in your WEB BROWSER, the Tibetan Fonts may not display properly. However, those fonts do display properly in the Downloaded PDF.]</span></blockquote>
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<u>DOWNLOAD PDFs & MP3 Recordings from Earlier Terms</u></h3>
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD <span style="color: #0b5394;">Diagrams & Charts</span>; <span style="color: #e69138;">Class Notes</span> & <span style="color: #cc0000;">MP3 Recordings</span> of <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Fall 2014 Term</span></b> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014_10_01_archive.html">here</a></span></b>.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><u>See</u></span> <b>blog posts</b> for <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html">Class 1</a></b></span> & <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-fall-2014-class-2.html"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Class 2</span></a></b> for an <b>Introduction </b>to the <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i></b> </div>
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD </b></b><b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">MP3 Recordings</span> of </b></b><b><b><b><b><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">23</span> </b></b>Classes </b></b>[with brief description of material covered in each class] <b><b>for the <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Spring 2015 Term</span></b> from this <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramana-course-term-2-spring-2015.html">Blog Post</a></span></b>.<br />
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<b>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of the first 15 Classes of the</b><b><b> <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Spring 2016 Term</span></b></b> <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2016/05/pramana-term-4-spring-2016-resources.html">here</a>.<br />
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<u>DOWNLOAD Spring 2016 CLASS NOTES</u> </h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Text discussed in each Class appears either in the Body of the transcript, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>when Geshe-la reads it out loud, or in Footnotes to her discussion.</i></span></div>
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<li><b>DRAFT <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2016Transcripts/20160422Class03.pdf">Transcript of CLASS 3</a> (April 22, 2016)</b></li>
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<u>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of SPRING 2016 CLASSES</u></h3>
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CLASS ONE - Monday, APRIL 18, 2016 - Introductory Review:</h4>
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<li>Geshe Wangmo spoke about the class prayers at the beginning of the Spring 2015 Term.</li>
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<u>The links to the excerpted recordings of her explanation</u>:</div>
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<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P1.mp3" target="_blank">Explanation</a> of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P2.mp3" target="_blank">Recitation</a> (in Tibetan) of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li style="text-align: right;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P3.mp3" target="_blank">Dedication Prayers</a> (Explanation & Recitation)</b></li>
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<li>MP3 Recordings of CLASS ONE: <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS01/20160418C01T1.mp3">Track 1</a>, <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS01/20160418C01T2.mp3">Track 2</a> & <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS01/20160418C01T3.mp3">Track 3</a>.</li>
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CLASS TWO - Wednesday, APRIL 20, 2016 </h4>
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<li>MP3 Recordings of CLASS TWO: <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS02/20160420C02T1.mp3">Track 1</a> & <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS02/20160420C02T2.mp3">Track 2</a></li>
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CLASS THREE - Friday, APRIL 22, 2016</h4>
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<li>DRAFT <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2016Transcripts/20160422Class03.pdf">NOTES - PDF</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS03/20160422C03T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Are Environmental-External Phenomena Truths of Suffering & In the Nature of Suffering - Discussion/debate: Eight Worldly Concerns; Why are Non-Sentient Phenomena in the nature of suffering? Are Buddhas? Bodies Truths of Suffering? Afflictions & Suffering. Root of Suffering & Four Attributes of Truth of Suffering. </li>
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<li>REVIEW - Buddhist Views regarding a Creator God; One is One?s Own Protector; Enemy & Witness; Can God be Permanent or Self-Arisen? Meaning of "Being Self-Arisen. </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS03/20160422C03T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Can a Creator God be Permanent?</li>
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<li>A God that is Permanent could not perceive things.</li>
<li>What if God is Permanent but God?s Mind is Impermanent.</li>
<li>Collective Karma & Creation of the Environmental Universe </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS03/20160422C03T3.mp3">Track 3 </a>- Refuting [the Idea that a Creator God] is:</li>
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<li> Permanent: Our consciousness defines us.</li>
<li>Impermanent</li>
<li>Self-Arisen.</li>
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CLASS FOUR - Monday, APRIL 25, 2016: </h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS04/20160425C04T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
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CLASS FIVE - Wednesday, APRIL 27, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS05/20160427C05T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
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CLASS SIX - Friday, APRIL 29, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS06/20160429C06T.mp3">1 Track</a>.</li>
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CLASS SEVEN - Monday, MAY 2, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS06/20160429C06T.mp3">1 Track</a></li>
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CLASS EIGHT - Wednesday, MAY 4, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS08/20160504C08T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - <b><i>Permanence</i></b></li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS08/20160504C08T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - "<b><i>Alternatively, it leaves doubt</i></b>". Alternatively, if [the opponent’s syllogisms] were merely to establish that [abodes, bodies, and enjoyments] are preceded by another creator, it would follow that the pervasion was not ascertained, because since God would not be ascertained, the pervasion would leave doubt."</li>
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CLASS NINE - Friday, MAY 6, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS09/20160506C09T1.mp3">Track 1</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS09/20160506C09T2.mp3">Track 2</a>: Was God created by himself (his own awareness) or by someone else? Distinguishing Causes. Direct and Indirect Causes, Substantial Causes, Cooperative conditions. Q&A/Discussion. 'One with the Guru' - Will we 'all become One'?</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Announcement: Class Schedule Changes</b><i>. </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In order accommodate
those who wish to attend teachings by </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mingyur Rinpoche at:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tushita on
May 11 and at Sherab Ling Friday:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wednesday - May 11 - Class 11: TIME is changed to 2:00-3:30 PM.<br />Friday - May 13 - Class 12: Topic - Review, Discussion/Debate & Q&A; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>No new text material will be introduced.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Monday - May 16 - Class 13 DATE is CHANGED. Class 13 will be held on <b>Tuesday, May 17.</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">CLASS TEN - Monday, MAY 9, 2016:</span></h4>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS10/20160509C10T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Introductory Pep Talk for New Topic: Our self-grasping is contradictory, creates difficulties. The logical reasoning of Syllogisms focuses on revealing Contradictions. Having concluded its analysis of the predicate, Gyaltsab Je's text introduces something new.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What makes a Syllogism Incorrect?</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><p. 103></span> "Unless one analyzes the predicate, it is impossible to apply the fault of being all <i>three types of wrong syllogism</i> simultaneously to one syllogism."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Three types of Wrong Syllogism</b></i>: Syllogisms of: (1) <b>Contradiction</b>, (2) <b>Non-Establishment</b> & (3) <b>Non-Ascertainment</b> are logically faulty as they do not satisfy the <i>three modes of a correct syllogism</i>. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS10/20160509C10T2.mp3">Track 2</a> -Presentation of <b>Three Modes of a Correct Syllogism</b> (as background for understanding Wrong Syllogisms): </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Forward Pervasions; Counter Pervasions; Reverse Pervasions; Property of the Subject; and Illustrations/Basis, Relationships.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Background for understanding <u><i>Relationship</i> between the <b>Predicate</b> and the <b>Reason</b>/<b>Sign</b></u> - </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Correct Sign pervades the Predicate</b> (whatever is the Reason is necessarily the Predicate); and </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">it is always in<i> relation</i> to a person who realizes that pervasion in connection with a <i><b>basis</b></i> [<i>example, illustration</i>] (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.,</i></span> to understand the pervasion, ‘<i>whatever is product is necessarily impermanent</i>’, an illustration/basis is necessary for understanding.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wrong
Syllogisms of Non-Establishment </b>[for the Respondent] - do not satisfy
the <i><b>first mode</b> of a correct syllogism</i>, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e., </i></span>the <i><b>property</b> of the
<b>subject</b></i>, since the respondent realizes the thesis before the syllogism
is posited; <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">e.g.,</span></i> when the predicate and the reason are the same.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q&A</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Syllogisms of Contradiction</b> [for the Respondent who believes a contradictory thesis]. Whatever satisfies the reason of the syllogism necessarily contradicts the predicate because whatever satisfies the reason necessarily does not satisfy the predicate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Two main ways the <i>Pervasion of a syllogism is Flawed</i>: </b> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Whatever <b>satisfies the <i>reason</i> does <u>not</u> <u>necessarily</u> satisfy the <i>predicate</i> [</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.,</i></span><b> </b>whoever is a human being is not necessarily a man; not necessarily not a man; and not necessarily a woman]<b>; or </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Whatever<b> satisfies the <i>reason</i> <u>necessarily</u> <u>does</u> <u>not</u> satisfy the <i>predicate</i>. </b>[<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>E.g.</i></span>, whoever is a woman is necessarily not a man; whatever is a table is necessarily not a person<b>], <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.,</i></span> </b>things that are <b><i>totally contradictory </i>so there is nothing that is both.</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">CLASS ELEVEN - Wednesday, MAY 11, 2016:</span></h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS11/20160511C11T1.mp3">1 Track</a></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: small;">CLASS TWELVE - Friday, MAY 13, 2016:</span> </h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS12/20160513C12T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - <b>Question & Answer</b>, <b>Review</b>, <b>Discussion</b> </li>
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CLASS THIRTEEN - Tuesday, MAY 17, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS13/20160517C13T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Review: Predicates given in 3 Syllogisms supporting Creating God IIshvara. </li>
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<li>3-part Reason one Syllogism gives in support of Ishvara. Continue examining one of the three reasons for why the environment, etc., is created by god: </li>
<ul>
<li>"the <b>environment</b> (1) <b>performs certain actions</b>; (2) <b>has specific shape</b>; (3) <b>performs function</b>, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">i.e.</span></i>,<b> </b><i>produces certain results</i>."
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS13/20160517C13T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Continue Examining fallacies of 2d Reason, <b>Having a Specific Shape</b>.</li>
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CLASS FOURTEEN - Wednesday, MAY 18, 2016:</h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS14/20160518C14T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Review/Summary of material presented in Class 13. Q/A “If I hate or love one person, it is wrong . . .”</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS14/20160518C14T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Presentation of: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><p. 108></span> ”Determined by the presence or absence of blessings . . . established the way a shape, <span style="font-size: x-small;">etc.</span>, that which is inferred from that is reasonable" <span style="font-size: x-small;"><p. 110></span> Explanation of logical absurdity of syllogism’s illustration - cause of a vase, a potter; causes of the environment, karma of beings. The shape can be applied in both cases, just being similar and not different, it is not reasonable to infer from this the creation by God, like fire from a grey substance." . . . an example of <i>non-ascertainment</i>. </li>
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<li><b>Q&A</b></li>
<li><b>Announcement </b> </li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">WEDNESDAY [May 25] class is MOVED to TUESDAY [MAY 24]; <i>i.e.</i>, classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday & Friday. Geshe Wangmo will be interpreting at Tushita for Yangten Rinpoche, who will lead an all day Chenrezig Retreat (5:00 AM - 5:00 PM) on May 25th. If you wish to attend the Retreat, contact Tushita & go to Toshiba web here: <a href="http://tushita.info/events/chenrezig-retreat-2016/">Retreat Details</a>. </span><b> </b></li>
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CLASS FIFTEEN - Friday, MAY 20, 2016: </h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS15/20160520C15T1.mp3">1 Track</a> - Review: </li>
<ul>
<li>Announce & Explain: <b>Change in text translation</b>: <b>Ishvara</b> will henceforth replace "<i>Creator God</i>".</li>
<li>Review. Q&A.</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS15/20160520C15T2.mp3">2 Track</a> - re Syllogism Reasons of "specific shape” & of "mere shape".</li>
<ul>
<li>"Rebounding Argument".</li>
<li>Q&A.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><p. 113> </span>Presentation. </li>
<li> General Q&A.</li>
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CLASS SIXTEEN - Monday, MAY 23, 2016: </h4>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS16/20160523C16T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Review: Rebounding Argument. ‘Rebounding Argument” translates the meaning of the Tibetan term, the literal translation into English of which is: “Flawed Refutation of the Same Result”. </li>
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<li>Examine incorrect syllogisms in order to understand what a correct syllogism is. </li>
<li>Eliminate [the objection of a] Rebounding Argument.</li>
<li>Three types of non-Buddhist Indian philosophers who revered Ishvara as creator God: <i><b>Samkhyas</b></i>, <i><b>Vaisheshikas</b></i> and the <i><b>Naiyayikas</b></i>. </li>
<li>Examine how a Samkhya argument (the <i>result of something must exist at the time of the cause</i>) reflects our own innate misunderstanding of the relationship between current behavior and future results. </li>
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2016CLASS16/20160523C16T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Analyze the “Akshipada" follower’s argument that the <i><b>Naiyayika</b></i> reason “arisen through effort” is a Flawed Refutation/Rebounding Argument.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-84597524672711845982016-04-11T14:41:00.000-07:002016-05-01T14:46:25.886-07:00PRAMANA - TERM 4 - Spring 2016 ANNOUNCEMENTIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> studies is
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
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The multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b></i> (<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) that began several years ago is on hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics</span> (IBD)</b></h3>
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<b>McLeod Ganj near the Main Temple Complex</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Advanced Buddhist Philosophy Course</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Dharmakirti’s <i>Valid Cognition Commentary</i> (<i>Pramanavarttika</i>), Chapter 2</span></b></h3>
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<b>Monday, 18 APRIL – Monday, 13 JUNE 2016 </b></h3>
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<b>Teacher: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo<br />Weekly Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />4:00-6:00 PM – Mon & Fri / 4:00-5:30 PM – Wed<br />Location: IBD Prayer Hall - Main Temple Complex<br /><span style="font-size: small;">[Go through Main Temple Gate/Upstairs on right]</span><br />Fee: 350 Rupees per month <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(All proceeds sponsor IBD students’ living expenses)</span></b></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Course Topics</span></b></span>: This Spring 2016 term continues the study of the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <i><b>Pramanavarttika</b></i>, a <i><b>Commentary on</b></i> {<b>Dignaga’s <i>Compendium of</i></b>} <i><b>Valid Cognition</b></i> by <b>Dharmakirti</b>. The material covered during the Fall 2014 and the Spring & Fall 2015 Terms will be reviewed briefly.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b></span>:
The text for this Spring term has not been completed. It will be posted here when it is available.<br />
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The Text handouts are translated from Tibetan by Ven. Wangmo and serve as the text for every class.
This text includes a translation of the commentary on Dharmakirti’s
Second Chapter by Gyaltsab Je (a chief disciple of Je Tsongkhapa), <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation, </b></i>which embeds the <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i> </b>in its commentary. Additionally, Geshe Wangmo translates relevant<i><b> commentaries by contemporary masters</b></i> which follow each passage from Gyaltsab Je.<br />
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Using
the curriculum of the great Tibetan monastic universities that is
taught at IBD, this advanced philosophy course presents Dharmakirti’s
logical proofs of the validity of the basis, path and fruit of
liberation and omniscient enlightenment. Students will have
opportunities to discuss and debate the subject matter in class. <br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Course Teacher</span>:
Ven. Kelsang Wangmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree from IBD
for successful completion of the 17-year curriculum studies.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Students</span>:
The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of
Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are
welcome to visit before you enroll. Should you be unable to attend the
entire Fall 2015 course, you may be able to continue by downloading
audio files of the classes: <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/">ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-57642729000101787252015-09-13T07:44:00.001-07:002015-09-13T07:46:05.690-07:00PRAMANA Course - TERM 3 - FALL 2015 resourcesIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> studies is
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
<br />
The multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b></i> (<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) that began several years ago is on temporary
hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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Class Materials </h3>
Following His Holiness' advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>.
In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD
and the great Tibetan monastic universities, Dharmatkirti's terse verses
are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma
Rinchen) Je's commentary. Furthermore, Geshe Wangmo, having received
oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has
translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations
into the text she has prepared for this course.<br />
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The text for this Fall term has been completed -- although, per usual, revisions may be made to the text as the term progresses. Furthermore, the text used during the Spring term has been somewhat amended/corrected: A Summary of the last section of the Spring 2015 text [<i><b>Ascertaining that the Instances</b></i> [<i><b>satisfy</b></i>] <i><b>the Definition</b></i>} & its Study Questions have been added.<br />
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The text for this Fall 2015 term begins with a section entitled, <i><b>The Attributes</b></i>, on page 66.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PramanaFALL2015Final.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: red;">FINAL TEXT</span></span> for FALL 2015 TERM</a></b></span> <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PRAYERSBEFORECLASS.pdf">Class PRAYERS</a> (for before and after teaching) - typos in Tibetan have been corrected. [<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">NOTE</span>: If you view this PDF in your WEB BROWSER, the Tibetan Fonts may not show up properly. Download the PDF and open it, and those embedded fonts display properly.]<br />
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If you are interested in the meaning of the prayers, etc., please check out <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramana-course-term-2-spring-2015.html">Spring 2015 Term Resources</a> page for audio clips. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-73118493045112784282015-07-24T15:43:00.000-07:002016-05-01T14:44:15.452-07:00PRAMANA Course - TERM 3 - FALL 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English program of the Institute for Buddhist Dialectical studies is
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b> <i><b>Compendium of</b></i>]<i><b> Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>). <br />
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<li><span style="background-color: orange;">Announcement<span style="background-color: white;">: <b>December 21-23</b>, 2015, H.H. Dalai Lama will give teachings on Dharmakirti's <i>Pramanavarttika </i>in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, at the new </span></span><span style="background-color: orange;"><span style="background-color: white;">new Assembly Hall of Tashi Lhunpo
Monastery [following the inaugural ceremonies in the morning of December 20]. </span> </span></li>
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<b>The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD)<br />McLeod Ganj near the Main Temple Complex<br />Advanced Buddhist Philosophy Course<br />Dharmakirti’s <i>Valid Cognition Commentary</i> (<i>Pramanavarttika</i>), Chapter 2</b></h3>
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<b>Monday, 14 September – mid-November, 2015 </b></h3>
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<b>Teacher: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo<br />Weekly Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />4:00-6:00 PM – Mon & Fri / 4:00-5:30 PM – Wed<br />Location: IBD Prayer Hall - Main Temple Complex<br /><span style="font-size: small;">[Go through Main Temple Gate/Upstairs on right]</span><br />Fee: 300 Rupees per month <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(All proceeds sponsor IBD students’ living expenses)</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Email: chogslags-ibd@yahoo.com / Website: ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com</span></b></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Course Topics</span></b></span>: This Fall 2015 term continues the study of the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <i><b>Pramanavarttika</b></i>, a <i><b>Commentary on</b></i> {<b>Dignaga’s <i>Compendium of</i></b>} <i><b>Valid Cognition</b></i> by <b>Dharmakirti</b>.<br />
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The one-month term in Fall 2014 presented an introduction to concepts and background of this text and its introductory section, and the two month Spring 2015 term examined the Introduction of Gyaltsab Je's commentary and began the body of the text. Some material covered in the earlier terms will be reviewed in this Fall term.<br />
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<b>Download</b> the Text, Handouts & Class Recordings of the <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramana-course-term-2-spring-2015.html"><b>Spring 2015 term</b></a> and the <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014/10/new-course-pramana-begins-in-fall-2014.html">Fall 2014 term</a></b>.<br />
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The material included in the study of Chapter Two of Dharmakirti's <i><b>Pramanavarttika</b></i> will be taught in the subsequent Spring and Autumn terms of the IBD Advanced Philosophy Course until completed; after which the <i>Perfection of Wisdom Course</i> will resume.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b></span>: Handouts prepared by Ven. Wangmo serve as the text for every class. The Handouts include a translation of the commentary on Dharmakirti’s Second Chapter by Gyaltsab Je (disciple of Je Tsongkhapa), <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation,</b></i> with the <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i> </b>text and translations of <i><b>oral commentaries by contemporary masters</b></i> embedded therein.<br />
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Using the curriculum of the great Tibetan monastic universities that is taught at IBD, this advanced philosophy course presents Dharmakirti’s logical proofs of the validity of the basis, path and fruit of liberation and omniscient enlightenment. Students will have opportunities to discuss and debate the subject matter in class. <br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Course Teacher</span></b>: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree from IBD for successful completion of the 17-year curriculum studies.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Students</span></b>: The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are welcome to visit before you enroll. Should you be unable to attend the entire Fall 2015 course, you may be able to continue by downloading audio files of the classes: <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/">ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-1130305434631764042015-06-12T18:44:00.000-07:002016-05-01T14:26:22.756-07:00PRAMANA Course - TERM 2 - SPRING 2015 resourcesIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the <b>Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English</b> program of the <b>Institute for Buddhist Dialectical</b> studies is
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
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The multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <i><b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b></i> (<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) that began several years ago is on temporary
hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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Class Materials </h3>
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Following His Holiness' advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i>. In accord with the methodology for teaching this ancient text at IBD and the great Tibetan monastic universities, Dharmatkirti's terse verses are embedded into Geshe Wangmo's translation of Gyaltsab (Darma Rinchen) Je's commentary. Furthermore, Geshe Wangmo, having received oral teachings on this text by several contemporary masters, has translated selected portions of those and inserted these explanations into the text she has prepared for this course.<br />
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The text that she has prepared to date (more will be done before the end of this term) is available for download below. This text includes the slightly revised material from the first term in the Fall 2014:<br />
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The Text [<i><b>Handout for the Spring 2015 Term</b></i>] prepared by Geshe Wangmo for the second term of the Pramana Course includes: <br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">An <b>INTRODUCTION</b> to the <b>Pramana course</b>. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Gyaltsab Je's <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation, a Detailed Explanation of the Verses of the Pramāņavarttika</b></i> [<i>tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi tshig le'ur byes pa rnam bshad thar lam gsal byed</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་གྱི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱེས་པ་རྣམ་བཤད་ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད།</span>], commonly known as, <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation</b></i> [<span style="font-size: large;">ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་</span>]. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Translations of relevant recordings and notes of oral teachings by prominent
contemporary Geluk scholars are inserted into the text to provide
explanation of difficult points. Some of those masters are: Geshe
Yeshe Thabgyal, Geshe Palden Drakpa, Geshe Wangchen, Geshe Gyatso, Geshe
Tsering Norbu. </li>
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Additionally, Geshe Wangmo prepared t<b>hree Handouts of Charts</b>, Illustrations and Diagrams as study aids for topics raised in the text in 2014. Those have been slightly revised and are available for download below. More such Handouts will be made available during this term.<br />
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As an aid for students, <b>Questions for Studying</b> and learning the most important important points raised in the text are included at the end of sections.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2015PRAMANA_Spring_03.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: red;">FINAL TEXT</span></span> for SPRING 2015 TERM</a></b></span> <br />
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<b>3 PDFs of CHARTS, ILLUSTRATION & DIAGRAMS</b>:
<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2015CHARTS_01-12_Pramana.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS 1-12</a></b>.<b>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2015CHARTS_13-15Pramana.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS 13-15</a></b>. <b>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2015CHARTS_16-27Pramana.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS 16-27</a></b>.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/PRAYERSBEFORECLASS.pdf">Class PRAYERS</a> (for before and after teaching) have been revised this year. [<span style="background-color: #ea9999;">NOTE</span>: If you view this PDF in your WEB BROWSER, the Tibetan Fonts may not show up properly. Download the PDF and open it, and those embedded fonts display properly.]<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/GyaltsabJe-TIBETAN.pdf" target="_blank">Excerpts of the <span style="background-color: #ea9999;">Tibetan</span> commentary by Gyaltsab Je</a> - pages 337-345 of <i><b>The Elucidation of the Path to Liberation </b></i>[ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་] on Dharmakirti's <i><b>Pramanavarttika</b></i>, from the Second Chapter (<i>The Establishment of a Valid Cognizer, </i><i><b>Pramanasiddhi</b></i>, ཚད་མ་གྲུབ་པའི་ལེའུ་གཉིས་པ།) <b>including </b>interpolation of the root text.<i> </i> [༄༅།།ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་གྱི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱས་པའི་རྣམ་བཤད་ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བར་བྱེད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ལས་ལེའུ་གཉིས་པ་ཚད་མ་ཡང་དག་པར་གྲུབ་པ།].<br />
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<b><b>DOWNLOAD MP3 Recordings of the 13 Classes held in the <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Fall 2014 Term</span></b> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014_10_01_archive.html">here</a></span></b>.<br />
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<b>Explanation of the Class Prayers by Geshe Wangmo:</b><br />
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<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P1.mp3" target="_blank">Explanation</a> of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P2.mp3" target="_blank">Recitation</a> (in Tibetan) of Prayers before Teaching</b><b> </b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01P3.mp3" target="_blank">Dedication Prayers</a> (Explanation & Recitation) </b></li>
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<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS01/20150415C01T1.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS ONE</a> - Wednesday, APRIL 15, 2015.</b><br />
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<b>CLASS TWO - Friday, APRIL 17, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS02/20150417C02T01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - </b>Complete introductory review (of Fall 2014 term) to the Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i></b>.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS02/20150417C02T02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a> - </b>Begin actual text<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [p. 12]</span>, commentary by Gyaltsab Je on the Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <b><i>Pramanavarttika</i></b>, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i>, </span>a commentary on 2 lines of Homage by Dignaga for <i>Compendium of Pramana</i> that are an <i>explanation</i> of Buddhahood. Two lines of Prajnakaragupta’s promise to compose his commentary (cited by Gyaltsab Je). What is Enlightenment & How is it attained? Buddha Nature (all we need to becoming Enlightened) & Eliminations (thru wisdom) of what stands in the way.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS02/20150417C02T03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a></b> - Two Causes of a Buddha <span style="font-size: x-small;"> [p. 13]</span>: <i>Excellent Intention</i> (Great Compassion) & <i>Excellent Application</i> (mind focusing on Wisdom Realizing Selflessness): Why Great Compassion (rather than Bodhicitta, great love, etc.)? Distinguish: "immeasurable" & "limitless", and more. </li>
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<b>CLASS THREE - Monday, APRIL 20, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS03/20150420C03G1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Review prior classes & material covered in Fall 2014, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.,</i></span> Two Excellent Causes & Results (Own Benefit & Others’ Benefit Kayas). The Teacher. The Sugata: <i>Sugata-Eliminations</i>: Perfect Elimination, Elimination Without Return & Completely Eliminated. Who is not “in Samsara”? - paths and grounds.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS03/20150420C03G2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: <i>Sugata-Realizations</i>. How the text relates to taking Refuge: Causal & Resultant Refuge. Do we really need to take Refuge in the Buddh?. Why establish Buddha as a <i>Valid Cognizer Being</i>, a reliable, <i>genuine valid cognizer</i>? Pages 15-16 of text]. </li>
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<b>CLASS FOUR - Wednesday, APRIL 22, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS04/20150422C04G1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Concise Review of 2014. Forward & Reverse systems explanations of the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>'s 2nd Chapter to demonstrate that Buddha is a Valid Cognizer Being by using the four qualities cited in Homage. Continue sub-section [<b><i>The Way the Meaning of</i> </b>(<i>Dignaga’s Explanation</i>) <b><i>is Elucidated by the Author of the</i> <i>Pramanavarttika</i></b>] of Gyaltsab Je's <i><b>General Meaning</b></i> introduction to his commentary on the Second Chapter of the <i>Pramanavarttika</i>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS04/20150422C04G2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: [P. 23] Five Factors in Reverse order to prove Buddha is a Valid Cognizer Being. Unique presentation of Four Noble Truths. Final subsection, [<i><b>Dignaga & Dharmakirti's</b></i>] <i><b>View</b></i>, of Gyaltsab Je's introduction to Chapter Two. Debates presented by Gyaltsab Je, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>: is it necessary to establish Buddha is faultless to practice? [P. 25] Scriptural (words) & Realization (meaning) Teachings of Buddha. If (unique) Meaning is faultless, words & the Teacher also are. "Momentariness of the Subtle". "Realization" vs "Conviction". </li>
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<b>CLASS FIVE - Friday, APRIL 24, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS05/20150424C05G1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Detailed explanation of the meaning of Valid Cognizer. <i><b>Meaning of the Branches</b></i> [body of Gyaltsab Je's Second Chapter commentary]: Explanatory addition to the text, pp. 26 & 27. What is <i>pramana</i>. Relevant definitions from Collected Topics (based on <i>Pramanavarttika</i>) & Lorig. That which the mind realizes and the mind/knower .</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS05/20150424C05G2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: Meaning of "to realize" is very important in Buddhism. What are the characteristics of a mind that realizes its object so we will know if we have realized our object. Incontrovertibly establishing something with correct logic. What is the meaning of all the aspects of the definition of a Valid Cognizer, <i>Pramana</i>: an awareness/mind that is newly non-deceptive & incontrovertible. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS05/20150424C05G3.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>: [P. 29], <i><b>Identifying Non-Deceptive</b></i> (presented In format of debate): "The realization of objects of comprehension (high rebirth, the definite good) and the methods that lead to those goals depends on Valid Cognizer . . . what is the definition of a general valid cognizer that is such so that by satisfying that definition, a consciousness becomes a Valid Cognizer. </li>
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<li>Presentation of <b>Self-Knowers</b>. </li>
<li><b>Q&A</b> </li>
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<b>CLASS SIX - Monday, APRIL 27, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS06/20150427C06G1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: What does it mean to know something. What is the Knower. How do we know we know something. The mind that realizes something newly - a valid cognizer. A mind that realizes something always induces a conceptual mental consciousness, at least a tiny thought. The meaning of "to realize" is complicated not simple.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS06/20150427C06G2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: <i><b>Non-Deceptive</b></i> outline, <span style="font-size: x-small;">cont.</span> Not only can we know objects around us, we can remember them; but only if we have realized them. If there an awareness without ascertainment of the object, you cannot remember it later. Self-Knowers: We are aware of being aware. 2 PosibilitIes for Sense (Direct) Consciousness: (1) an awareness to which its object appears but is not ascertained or (2) an awareness that realizes its object. Even though eye consciousness is dominant, we do not see tangible or taste or sound objects </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS06/20150427C06G3.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>: <i><b>Non-Deceptive</b></i>, <span style="font-size: x-small;">cont.</span> Presentation of Self-Knowers, <span style="font-size: x-small;">cont.</span> One cannot realize an object one does not believe in; similarly, doubt is an obstacle. [P. 29], debate. Self-Knower and Other Knower are of one substantial entity, arise and cease simultaneously, and are not identical. Self-Knowers are mental consciousnesses. All awareness have Self-Knower. Illustration of Self-Knower, a lamp that illuminates itself.</li>
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<b>CLASS SEVEN - Wednesday, APRIL 29, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS07/20150429C07A1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Imputation & Designation/Labeling: Can we know something before we label it. What is labeling & imputation. Mental & terminological labeling. Can we actually perceive something if we have no concept of it whatsoever; Buddhist claim is we are born with concepts. Nothing exists from its own side; merely labelled. Q&A. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS07/20150429C07A2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: Differentiate terminological and mental "generic image" labeling. Merely labelled excludes any intrinstic reality from side of object. Without labeling, we cannot know something. Q&A. Does eye consciousness perceives "table", or just shape & color. Conclude presentation of Lokayata / Self-Knowers as stepping stone to understanding labeling. [Pp. 29-31] Debate: definition of <i>pramana</i>: a non-deceptive consciousness, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, a mind that realizes its objects, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, a mind apprehending blue, is non-deceptive regarding its object and its object's functions; however, due to innate views, mental perceptions may keep some aspects of the object from being realized. Self-Knower analogy: a lamp illuminates itself and everything around it. So what knows the Self-knower? The Self-Knower knows itself. In conclusion of section <i><b>Identifying the Non-Deceptive</b></i>: [P. 32} By being non-deceptive about the defining functions of its main object, a valid cognizer enables the person in whose continuum it arises to obtain a desired object. </li>
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<b>CLASS EIGHT - Friday, May 1, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS08/20150501C08G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Why valid cognition is necessary for Buddhist Path - Review. What is a valid cognizer. How do you know you had a valid cognition.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS08/20150501C08G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: Explanation of how Self-Knower knows the valid cognizer. Formulating questions.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS08/20150501C08G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>: New topic: Valid cognizers in daily life can lead to obtaining its objects physically, or mentally attaining its object, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i>,</span> a state of mind. A valid cognizer cannot "obtain" spoken words, but can attain understanding of those. P. 33. "Definition" is translation of Buddhist term (Tib. tsen-nyi) meaning "main characteristic" . . . Q&A. Sound and the particles that cause sound are not the same entity. Physically obtain. One cannot "smell a peppermint leaf", rather "obtain the smell of a peppermint leaf" from particles off the leaf.</li>
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<b>CLASS NINE - Monday, May 4, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS09/20150504C09G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Review and elaborate new material presented in Class 8 [Track 3] and its Q&A/Debates regarding how and what exactly our senses perceive. Gyaltsab Je's text elaborates topics</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS09/20150504C09G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: Returning to debate in text: Someone says, Dharmakiriti's definintion of valid cognizer is too narrow, because not all valid cognizers are non-deceptive because it cannot obtain sound, etc. Our system replies: Still, one can realize sound, etc. Explanation, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, observed object condition and mental functioning. Operation of sense and mental consciousnesses during sleep. Empowering and uncommon empowering conditions of sense perceptions. Observed object conditions appears to and is cause of the consciousness. Uncommon empowering condition of a mental consciousness. Apprehended objects. Q&A: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, appearance without ascertainment.</li>
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<b>CLASS TEN - Wednesday, May 6, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS10/20150506C10G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>: Expressive Sound is debated in Gyaltsab Je's text . Three Object Possessors. Q&A. Expressive Sound & Consciousness (Direct & Conceptual). Full, Partial & Eliminative Engagers. Speech of Buddha. We are unable to fully communicate what we really feel because of the nature of sound.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS10/20150506C10G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>: [P. 35] Regarding someone's assertion that a non-deceptive mind must be able obtain its object. Our system disagrees, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, expressive sound. Re valid cognizer arisen sound, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, ear consciousness; but can an inferential cognizer arise from sound? Treatises & Buddha's sutras are sound; texts are symbolic representations of those sounds. Some systems assert that their sacred texts are <i>pramana</i>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS10/20150506C10G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>: New topic: Valid cognizers in daily life can lead to obtaining its objects physically, or mentally attaining its object, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i>,</span> a state of mind. A valid cognizer cannot "obtain" spoken words, but can attain understanding of those. "Definition" is a translation of Buddhist term (Tib. tsen-nyi) meaning "main characteristic" . . . Q&A. Sound and the particles that cause sound are not the same entity. Physically obtain, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, one cannot "smell a peppermint leaf", rather "obtain the smell of a peppermint leaf" from particles off the leaf.</li>
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<b>CLASS ELEVEN - Friday, May 8, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS11/20150508C11T0.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. </li>
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<b>CLASS TWELVE - Monday, May 12, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS12/20150515C12G1.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS12/20150515C12G2.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>.</li>
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<b>CLASS THIRTEEN - Monday, May 18, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS13/20150518C13G0.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. </li>
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<b>CLASS FOURTEEN - Wednesday, May 20, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS14/20150520C14G0.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. </li>
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<b>CLASS FIFTEEN - Friday, May 22, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS15/20150522C15G0.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. </li>
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<b>CLASS SIXTEEN - Monday, May 25, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS16/20150525C16G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS16/20150525C16G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS16/20150525C16G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>.</li>
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<b>CLASS SEVENTEEN - Wednesday, May 27, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS17/20150527C17G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. At the TCV teaching, H.H. Dalai Lama discussed the Buddhist practice & motivation related to one of the class prayers. Review: Self-Knowers. Mind and mental factors (lo-rig).</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS17/20150527C17G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>. [P. 46] Gyaltsab Je outline: <i><b>Ascertaining Instances that Satisfy the Definition</b></i> [of <i>pramana</i>, valid cognizer - an unmistaken mind that incontrovertibly knows its object]: a consciousness that is newly non-deceptive, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, it newly realizes/knows its object. Definiendum, Definition & Instances/illustrations. Labeling. Buddhist practice: observing how do I know something. Lokyata/Chravakas.- only believe direct physical perception, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">e.g.</span></i>, not past/future lives; and inferential cognizers are not <i>pramana</i>. Wrong views [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, permanence] can inhibit perception of reality. Due to misperceptions, we may not know that we know something, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">i.e.</span></i>, subconscious awareness. What is it that knows we know? Dharmakirti's 2 line refutation of one set of assertions re how one knows one knows. Three panditas had different interpretations of those 2 lines by Dharmakirti.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS17/20150527C17G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>. Pedagogical approaches in 4th, 14th, 20th & 21st centuries & in Buddhist studies today. Q&A.</li>
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<b>CLASS EIGHTEEN - Friday, May 29, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS18/20150529C18G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. Self-ascertainment: how do we know that we know something. What is the mind that knows its objects; and how do we know that a particular mind in our continuum is a <i>pramana</i>, that the instance satisfies the definition of<i> pramana</i>. Proof statements. Labeling/imputing. Lack of objective reality. . . . Without a proper label, confusion ensures: illustrations.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS18/20150529C18G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>. Eye consciousness realizing blue: <i>Self-knower</i> realizes that the mind has realized its object of comprehension, blue. <b>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizer</b>: Eye consciousness that sees a Juniper tree arising in the continuum of a person who doubts whether or not it is a Juniper tree. Differentiating a mind that is mistaken and a mind that doesn't get the full details of its object. Is the first moment of that eye consciousness realizing tree a valid cognizer? Through its own power, the sense consciousness induces a conceptual mind that realizes the same thing. For illustration of an eye consciousness and possible Juniper tree: a valid cognizer induces ascertainment of tree, but does not induce ascertainment of its a final object of comprehension, a Juniper tree; that will require another valid cognizer which is the <b>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizer</b>. Examples of <i>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizers </i>for other sense consciousnesses. Q&A, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, differentiating an object of comprehension & a "final" such.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS18/20150529C18G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a>. The purpose of using sense consciousness as examples in this context of Doubt regarding the object: Is the final object of comprehension in a person who doesn't know whether or not the tree observed is a Juniper tree or not? An <b>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizer</b> only can remove external obstacles to the Juniper tree being final object of comprehension. <b>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizers</b> & mental consciousness: On the basis of correct reasoning, can an inferential consciousness arise as an <i>Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizer</i>? Where does our intrinsic sense of permanence come from? Q&A</li>
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<b>CLASS NINETEEN - Monday, June 1, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS19/20150601C19G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS19/20150601C19G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>.</li>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY - Wednesday, June 3, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS20/20150603C20G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. Explanation & Q&A re: <i><b>Other Ascertaining</b> Valid Cognizers</i>; <b>Final Object of Comprehension</b> [one with or synonymous with your object]; why Mental Consciousnesses are <i><b>Other Ascertaining</b> Valid Cognizers</i>; <i><b>Self-Ascertaining Valid Cognizers</b></i>; illustration, color of fire.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS20/20150603C20G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>. Presentation of Dharmottara's interpretation of Dharmakirti's 2 lines re <b>Self-Ascertainment Valid Cognizers</b>: “[Some] self-experiencing self-knowing direct perceiver <i>pramana</i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, self-knowing valid cognizers) when realizing their own nature induce an ascertainment of the factor of non-deceptiveness that is simultaneous and of one substantial entity with themselves”. Re Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizer, a Self-Knower is aware of whether or not mind is non-deceptive with regard to, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, the color of fire.</li>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-ONE - Friday, June 5, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS21/20150605C21G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - Review of Course text of Gyaltsab Je covered to date in Spring 2015.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS21/20150605C21G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a> - Discussion.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS21/20150605C21G03.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3</a> - Text’s presentation of Dharmottara’s assertions [re: How do we know that we know something in relation of Self-Knowers, Why Other Ascertainment Valid Cognizers are Sense Consciousnesses & not Mental Conciousnesses] & Gyaltsab Je's presentation of Self-Knower of Self Ascertainment Valid Cognizer has been explained. </li>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-TWO - Monday, June 8, 20l5: </b><br />
<b> Presentation & Discussion of Mind Only & Prajnaparagupta's response.</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS22/20150608C22G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. <b> </b>Prajnaparagupta's assertions -- from the Mind Only/Chittamatrin perspective -- regarding the distinction between <i>pramana</i> and non-<i>pramana</i>, "How do we know we know". Brief overview and discussion of Mind Only system.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS22/20150608C22G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>. Complete the presentation of Mind Only & Prajnaparagupta's response to, "How do we know we know", from Mind Only perspective. Discussion. Since a Buddha is not omnipotent, in what sense is a Buddha "perfect"? Imputation, labelling, generalization and bigotry.</li>
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<b>CLASS TWENTY-THREE - Monday, JUNE 10, 20l5:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS23/20150610C23G01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a>. Review, chart - verbal conventions, additional text.</li>
<li><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2015CLASS23/20150610C23G02.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2</a>. Presentation of Devandabodhi's assertions - some are accepted & some are not -- re: How do We Know We know? P. 56: Extensive discussion regarding to Someone's Qualm/Debate re: What do Self-Ascertainment & Other Ascertainment mean in relation to point of view of an object or point of view of Valid Cognizer? "Color of fire, red" = an object. While "How do we know we know" = a consciousnessness. So must either refer to one or the other. P. 58 - 3-Fold Object Possessors.</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India32.2425758 76.32127809999997232.2157163 76.280937599999973 32.2694353 76.361618599999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-17467836664635858272015-04-06T21:05:00.001-07:002015-04-06T21:05:28.087-07:00PRAMANA Course - TERM 2 - SPRING 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in
English program of the Institute for Buddhist Dialectical studies is
offering a course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b> <i><b>Compendium of</b></i>]<i><b> Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
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<b>The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD)<br />McLeod Ganj near the Main Temple Complex<br />Advanced Buddhist Philosophy Course<br />Dharmakirti’s <i>Valid Cognition Commentary</i> (<i>Pramanavarttika</i>), Chapter 2</b></h3>
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<b>Wednesday, 15 April – mid-June 2015 </b></h3>
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<b>Teacher: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo<br />Weekly Schedule: Monday, Wednesday & Friday<br />4:00-6:00 PM – Mon & Fri / 4:00-5:30 PM – Wed<br />Location: IBD Prayer Hall - Main Temple Complex<br /><span style="font-size: small;">[Go through Main Temple Gate/Upstairs on right]</span><br />Fee: 300 Rupees per month <br /><span style="font-size: small;">(All proceeds sponsor IBD students’ living expenses)</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Email: chogslags-ibd@yahoo.com / Website: ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com</span></b></h3>
<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Course Topics</span></b></span>: This Spring 2015 term continues the study of the <b>Second Chapter</b> of the <i><b>Pramanavarttika</b></i>, a <i><b>Commentary on</b></i> {<b>Dignaga’s <i>Compendium of</i></b>} <i><b>Valid Cognition</b></i> by <b>Dharmakirti</b>. <br />
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A one-month course in Fall 2014 presented an introduction to concepts and background of this text and its introductory section. Parts of the Fall 2014 material will be reviewed in this Spring term. Download Recordings of the Fall 2014 classes, Handouts, etc., <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2014/10/new-course-pramana-begins-in-fall-2014.html">here</a>.<br />
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The Chapter will be taught in the following Autumn and Spring terms of the IBD Advanced Philosophy Course until completed; after which the Perfection of Wisdom Course will resume.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><b>Course Text & Methodology</b></span>: Handouts prepared by Ven. Wangmo serve as the text for every class. The Handouts include a translation of a commentary on Dharmakirti’s Second Chapter by Gyaltsab Je (disciple of Je Tsongkhapa) with the <i>Pramanavarttika</i> text and translations of oral commentaries by contemporary masters embedded therein. Using the curriculum of the great Tibetan monastic universities that is taught at IBD, this advanced philosophy course presents Dharmakirti’s logical proofs of the validity of the basis, path and fruit of liberation and omniscient enlightenment. Students will have opportunities to discuss and debate the subject matter in class. <br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Course Teacher</span>: Ven. Kelsang Wangmo (a Western nun) was awarded a Geshe degree from IBD for successful completion of the 17-year curriculum studies.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Students</span>: The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are welcome to visit before you enroll. Should you be unable to attend the entire Fall 2015 course, you may be able to continue by downloading audio files of the classes: ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-18132372589791514102014-10-16T17:51:00.002-07:002015-04-17T00:43:19.393-07:00PRAMANA Course - TERM 1 - FALL 2014 resourcesIn accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher,
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, in May 2014, the Advanced Buddhist Philosophy in English program of the Institute for Buddhist Dialectical studies is offering a new course on the <b>Second Chapter</b> of <b>Dharmakirti's</b> <b><i>Commentary on</i></b> [<b>Dignaga's</b>] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> (Skt. <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>).<br />
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The multi-year <b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> course (based on Maitreya's <b>Ornament for Clear Realizations</b> (<i><b>Abhisamayalamkara</b></i>) that began several years ago is on temporary
hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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Following His Holiness' advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the <b>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i></b></i><b><i> </i></b>and other commentarial materials that are used in Tibetan Monastic
institutions to present this very important text and its deep meaning
to students.<br />
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The Text [<i><b>Handout for the Fall 2014 Term</b></i>] prepared by Geshe Wangmo for the first term of the Pramana Course includes: <br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">An <b>INTRODUCTION</b> to the <b>Pramana course</b>. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Gyaltsab Je's <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation, a Detailed Explanation of the Verses of the Pramāņavarttika</b></i> [<i>tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi tshig le'ur byes pa rnam bshad thar lam gsal byed</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་གྱི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱེས་པ་རྣམ་བཤད་ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད།</span>], commonly known as, <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation</b></i> [<span style="font-size: large;">ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་</span>]. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Geshe Wangmo has translated relevant recordings and notes of oral teachings by prominent
contemporary Geluk scholars and inserted those into the text to provide
explanation of difficult points. Some of those masters are: Geshe
Yeshe Thabgyal, Geshe Palden Drakpa, Geshe Wangchen, Geshe Gyatso, Geshe
Tsering Norbu. </li>
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Additionally, Geshe Wangmo prepared t<b>hree Handouts of Charts</b>, Illustrations, Diagrams as study aids for topics raised in the text.<br />
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As an aid for students, Study Questions regarding most important important points raised in the text are included therein.<br />
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Because of extensive materials that required translation, etc., and prior commitments, the Fall 2014 Term will be limited to the Month of October. The next term will be for two months in the Spring of 2015.<br />
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<b>3 PDFs of CHARTS, ILLUSTRATION & DIAGRAMS</b>:
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2014Pramana-CHARTS13-15.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS 13-15</a></b>. <b>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2014Pramana-CHARTS16-27.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS 16-28</a></b>.<br />
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<i>TEXT </i>for each Class<i> appears in body of transcript when Geshe-la reads it out loud and, otherwise, in footnotes.</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20141001Class01.pdf" target="_blank">DRAFT</a> Transcript of Class 1</b> (Oct. 1, 2014). <br />
<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20141003Class02.pdf" target="_blank">DRAFT</a><b> Transcript of Class 2 </b>(Oct. 3, 2014). </b><br />
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See, <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-fall-2014-class-2.html" target="_blank"><b>CLASS TWO Blog Post</b></a> for outline of this Class & links to MP3 tracks.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL03/20141010C03T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS THREE</a> - <b>Friday, October 10</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL06/20141017C06T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS SIX</a> - <b>Friday, October 17</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL07/20141020C07T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS SEVEN</a> - <b>Monday, October 20</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL09/20141024C09T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS NINE</a> - <b>Friday, October 24</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL11/20141029C11T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS ELEVEN</a> - <b>Wednesday, October 29</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL12/20141031C12T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS TWELVE</a> - <b>Friday, October 31</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL13/20141103C13T.mp3" target="_blank">CLASS THIRTEEN</a> - <b>Monday, November 3</b>
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</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-23377989098659508912014-10-03T20:00:00.000-07:002014-10-28T10:29:44.871-07:00Pramanavarttika - FALL 2014 Class 2The <span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>2nd</b></i></span> class of Fall 2014 term was held on Friday, the 3<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span>
day of October. The first term of this course on <b>Chapter 2 of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i> is a comprehensive introduction to the material contained in this profound text.<br />
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<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2014PRAMANA_TEXT.pdf" target="_blank">INTRODUCTION</a> to <i>Pramanavarttika </i>course</b><br />
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[These are the final Text and Charts distributed to students in class on October 13, 2014. <i>The students in this second class only had the Introduction to the text & the first set of Charts 1-12. if you want a copy of those, download them from </i><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html" target="_blank"><b>CLASS 1 blog post</b>]</a><i>.</i></div>
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<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/2014Pramana-CHARTS01-12.pdf" target="_blank">CHARTS</a> & DIAGRAMS used in Class 2</b>. Download the other two sets of CHARTS from <b>PRAMANA Course - <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html" target="_blank">Term 1 Blog Pos</a></b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.com/2014/10/pramanavarttika-1st-term-fall-2014.html" target="_blank">t</a>. <br />
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<b><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/PDF/20141003Class02.pdf" target="_blank">DRAFT</a> Transcript of Class 2</b> (Oct. 3, 2014) - <i>Text PDF material appears in body of transcript when Geshe-la reads it out loud and, otherwise, in footnotes. </i><br />
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD Recorded MP3 Tracks of Class 2</b></u>:</div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL02/20141003C02T01.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1</a> - Brief Review of First Class<br />
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Biographies or Hagiographies – Life Stories of Dignaga & Dharmakirti. Conclude Review.<br />
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<li><b>Life Story of Gyaltsab Je</b> [Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen - <span style="font-size: large;">རྒྱལ་ཚབ་དར་མ་རིན་ཆེན་</span>]</li>
<li><b>Buddhist Criticism of Pramana</b>: </li>
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<li>Non-Buddhist Philosophies extant in India at the time of Buddha (did not exist later in Tibet or other Buddhist countries) & the study of <i>Pramana</i>.</li>
<li>However, except for monastic rules of Vinaya, most Buddhist scriptures are based on logical reasoning.</li>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL02/20141003C02T02.mp3" target="_blank"><b>Track 2</b></a> - <b>Dharmakirti’s Seven Treatises on Pramana</b> (<span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་སྡེ་བདུན་</span>)<br />
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<li>Commentaries on [Dignaga’s] <i>Compendium of Pramana</i>. </li>
<li>Of these, Three are compared to a Body; Four are like Branches.</li>
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1. <i>Commentary on</i> [Dignaga's Compendium of] <i>Valid Cognition</i> [<i>tshad ma rnam 'gre</i>l - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>]; <br />
2. <i>Ascertainment of Valid Cognition</i> [<i>tshad ma rnam nges</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་ངེས་</span>]; <br />
3. <i>Drops of Reasoning</i> [<i>rigs thigs</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">རིགས་ཐིགས་</span>]. <br />
4. <i>Drops of Logic</i> [<i>gtan tshigs thig pa</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">གཏན་ཚིགས་ཐིག་པ་</span>]; <br />
5. <i>Investigating Relations</i> [<i>'brel ba brtag pa</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">འབྲེལ་བ་བརྟག་པ་</span>]; <br />
6. <i>Proof of Other</i> [(Mental) <i>Continua</i> [<i>rgyud gzhan grub pa</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">རྒྱུད་གཞན་གྲུབ་པ་</span>];<br />
7. <i>Reasoning of Debate</i> [rtsod pa'i rigs pa - <span style="font-size: large;">རྩོད་པའི་རིགས་པ་</span>]. <br />
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<li>The three treaties like the <i>body</i> teach all <b>Eight Pivotal Points of Logic</b> (<i>tog ge'i tshigs don rgyad </i>- <span style="font-size: large;">རྟོག་གེའི་ཚིགས་དོན་རྒྱད་</span>), while each of those like <i>branches </i>do not teach all of those points.<b> </b></li>
<li><b>Translation Issues</b>: <i>tog gay</i> [<span style="font-size: large;">རྟོག་གེའི་</span>] and <i>tshig don</i> [<span style="font-size: large;">ཚིགས་དོན་</span>].</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>General Introduction</u></b></span> </div>
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<b>Importance of Logic to Counter Misperceptions of Reality</b>:
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• In everyday life, our afflictive emotions <i>are</i> based on <i>reasoning</i>.<br />
• We constantly use logical analysis to perform tasks of living.<br />
• Correct Logic works because of Interdependence; <i>Incorrect reasoning</i> brings troubles. [<b>A</b> is <b>B</b> if <b>B</b> is <b>C</b> & <b>A</b> is <b>C</b>.] <br />
• Many of our basic perceptions of reality are wrong, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>, perceiving permanence rather than impermanent momentary change.<br />
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<b>Correct Inferential Reasoning is required to understand <i>Hidden Phenomen</i>a:</b><br />
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<li>Misunderstanding Hidden Phenomena causes Suffering; that
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<b>Six Directly Perceiving Consciousnesses & One Conceptual Consciousness </b>(the <i>objects </i>of which are <i>Generic Images</i>):<br />
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<li>Conceptual Minds must use Correct Inferential Reasoning to realize <i>Hidden phenomena </i>(that are not accessible to sense consciousnesses). </li>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL02/20141003C02T03.mp3" target="_blank"><b>Track 3</b></a> - <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eight <i>Pivotal Points of Logic</i> </b></span>(<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>rtog ge'i tshig don rgyad</i></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">རྟོག་གེའི་ཚིགས་དོན་རྒྱད་</span>):<br />
1. <i><b>Correct Inferential Cognizers</b></i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>rjes dpag yang dag</i></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">རྗེས་དཔག་ཡན་དག་</span>)<br />
2. <i><b>False inferential cognizers</b></i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>rjes dpag ltar snang</i></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">རྗེས་དཔག་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>)<br />
3. <i><b>Correct direct perceivers</b></i> (<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">mngon sum yang dag</span></i> - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་སུམ་ཡན་དག་</span>)<br />
4. <i><b>False direct perceivers</b></i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>mngon sum ltar snang</i></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་སུམ་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>)<br />
5. <i><b>Correct proof statements</b></i> (<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">sgrub ngag yang dag</span></i> - <span style="font-size: large;">སྒྲུབ་ངག་ཡན་དག་</span>)<br />
6. <i><b>False proof statement</b></i>s (<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">sgrub ngag ltar snang</span></i> - <span style="font-size: large;">སྒྲུབ་ངག་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>)<br />
7. <i><b>Correct refutations</b></i> (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>sun ‘byin yang dag </i></span>- <span style="font-size: large;">སུན་འབྱིན་ཡན་དག་</span>) <br />
8. <i><b>False refutations </b></i>(<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>sun ‘byin ltar snang</i></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">སུན་འབྱིན་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>) <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Introduction - Inferential Cognizers, Correct Inference & Correct Syllogisms</span></h4>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Inferential Cognizers</span> & Correct Inferential Cognizer are equivalent</b>. Inferential Cognizers arise from logic & incorrect logic is not logic.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Correct Syllogism </b></span>[<i>ten dzig yang dag </i>- <span style="font-size: large;">གཏན་ཚིགས་ཡང་དག་</span>] - explained.<br />
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<li>Using Correct Syllogisms to overcome clinging to notion of my Self being permanent by generating a correct inferential cognition. </li>
<li>Correct inferential cognizers realize their objects irrefutably. </li>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Pramana/2014FALL02/20141003C02T04.mp3" target="_blank"><b>Track 4</b></a> - <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pivotal Points 1 - 4:</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Correct Inferential Cognition</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>(<i>rjes dpag yang dag</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">རྗེས་དཔག་ཡན་དག་</span>) - explanations of the First Tool of Logic. Before developing <i>correct inferential cognitions</i>, we must identify the misperceptions of reality that lead to our discomforts. <i>E.g., </i>check your mind when you experience upsets such as irritation that your quiet time has been interrupted and notice how your misperception of permanence/impermanence leads to an exaggerated reaction of an unhappy mind.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. <b>False Inferential Cognition</b> </span>(rjes dpag ltar snang - <span style="font-size: large;">རྗེས་དཔག་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>).<br />
Often, we say we know something is true, when actually we are assuming
it is true based on some "authorities" or on the basis of incorrect or
false syllogisms [<i>ten dzig ltar snang </i>- <span style="font-size: large;">གཏན་ཚིགས་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>]. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Introduction to Direct Perceivers</span></b> (<i>mngon sum yang dag</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་སུམ་</span>)</div>
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Due to our long <i>familiarity </i>or <i>habituation </i>with misperceptions of reality, they are very deeply ingrained. Inferential cognizers weaken the strength of those misperceptions, but only Mental Direct Perception can fundamentally eradicate such wrong views. Direct perceivers and inferential cognizers are two extremely important
tools required for Buddhist practice. Since we need to cultivate these
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Correct Direct Perceivers</span> (<i>mngon sum yang dag</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་སུམ་ཡན་དག་</span>), and <span style="font-size: large;">4. False Direct Perceivers</span> (<i>mngon sum ltar snang</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་སུམ་ལྟར་སྣང་</span>) - Distinguishing the two.<br />
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<b><b><span style="font-size: small;"> the <i>Pramanavarttika</i><b> course - which examines the</b><br />Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <i>Commentary's on </i></span></b></b><b><b><span style="font-size: small;">[Dignaga's] <i>Compendium of Valid Cognition</i></span></b></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-29110690718795467972014-10-01T21:30:00.000-07:002014-10-29T06:18:03.034-07:00Pramanavarttika - 1st Term - FALL 2014 Class 1The 1st class of Fall 2014 term was held on Wednesday, the 1<span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span> day of October. This is the first class of the first term of a new Course in the IBD's program of English Classes in Advanced Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy: <b>Chapter 2 of Dharmakirti's </b><i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>.<br />
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For several years, the ongoing course, in Spring and Fall terms, has been on the <b><i>Perfection of Wisdom Sutras</i></b> as illuminated in Maitreya's <b><i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i></b> [<i>Abhisamayalamkara</i>]. <br />
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In accordance with the suggestion of H.H. Dalai Lama to our teacher, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, several months ago, that course is in a temporary hiatus and will resume upon completion of this course.<br />
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Following His Holiness' advice, Geshe Wangmo is translating the Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <i><b>Commentary on </b></i>[Dignaga's] <b><i>Compendium of Valid Cognition </i></b>along with the other commentarial materials that are used in Tibetan Monastic institutions to present this very important text and its deep meaning to students.<br />
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At the beginning of this class, students were given a copy of an I<i><b>ntroduction to the Pramanavarttika</b></i>, along with a document containing <i>Charts and Illustrations</i> depicting concepts to addressed in the first term of this multi-term course.</div>
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Two Major Texts will be studied in this course: </div>
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<li>Second Chapter of Dharmakirti's <b><i>Commentary on </i></b>[Dignaga's] <i><b>Compendium of Valid Cognition</b></i> [Skt. - <i><b>Pramāņavarttika</b></i>; <i>tshad ma ram 'gel</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་</span>].</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Gyaltsab Je's <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation, a Detailed Explanation of the Verses of the Pramāņavarttika</b></i> [<i>tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi tshig le'ur byes pa rnam bshad thar lam gsal byed</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">ཚད་མ་རྣམ་འགྲེལ་གྱི་ཚིག་ལེའུར་བྱེས་པ་རྣམ་བཤད་ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད།</span>], commonly known as, <i><b>Elucidation of the Path to Liberation</b></i> [<span style="font-size: large;">ཐར་ལམ་གསལ་བྱེད་</span>]. The verses of the <i><b>Pramāņavarttika </b></i>are embedded into Gyaltsab Je's commentary. They are distinguished in the course text by different formatting and fonts.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Geshe-la has translated relevant recordings and notes of oral teachings by prominent contemporary Geluk scholars and inserted those into the text to provide explanation of difficult points. Some of those masters are: Geshe Yeshe Thabgyal, Geshe Palden Drakpa, Geshe Wangchen, Geshe Gyatso, Geshe Tsering Norbu.</li>
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The translation of these materials that serves as the Fall 2014 course text will be distributed to students attending class on Friday, October 10, and posted here afterwards. </div>
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<b>Study Questions</b>: At the end of the Introduction (p. 10) and at the end of each section of the main course text, Study Questions are given. Students are encouraged to read the text and the Questions before class. </div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Introduction to the <i>Pramāņavarttika </i></span></b></div>
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<i><b>What is Pramana</b></i><b>: </b> </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Pramana is one of the <i><b>Five Fields of Tibetan Monastic Study</b></i>.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Pramana is often translated as <i>logic</i> or <i>epistemology</i>, but its literal meaning is <i>valid cognition</i> or <b><i>valid cognize</i></b>r, i.e., <b>an awareness that understands/realizes its object</b>.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">We "know" many things that later turn out not to be true. You can only "realize" -- actually "know" -- something that actually exists.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">A <i>Valid Cognizer</i> "<b>incontrovertibly</b> knows" its object. So how does it do that? These are some questions raised in the study of <i>pramana</i>. </li>
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The interesting stories of these great scholars' lives are presented. Academic controversy began with regard to Dharmakirti and the <i>Pramāņavarttika</i> in his own time, and his verses of response may be misinterpreted by scholars today. These controversies and interpretations are presented extensively in the class.<br />
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Some of Dharmakirti's colleagues tied this text to the tail of a dog and sent it forth to the villages. He reputedly responded, ‘Oh, this is great. The dog runs through the different villages and spreads my teachings.’<br />
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The verse that, in response to such negative reception, Dharmakirti inserted before the homage reads:<br />
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<i>Most living beings are attached to the mundane and not endowed with the dexterity of wisdom.<br />Not only are they not interested in excellent teachings, they are hateful owing to the defilement of envy. <br />This is why I do not think that this </i>[<i>treatise</i>]<i> will be beneficial to others.<br />However, since I have generated great effort familiarizing </i>[<i>my</i>]<i> mind with excellent teachings, I am happy </i>[<i>to compose the treatise</i>].</blockquote>
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The verse added after composition, when he realized that his disciple did not understand the implicit meanings of his text is:<br />
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<i>Just as a river into the ocean,</i> [the meaning of this treatise] <i>will dissolve into my body and disappear. </i></blockquote>
Dignaga & Dharmakirti had a great impact on the course of Buddhist philosophy and Indian philosophy. "Their expositions on language, negation, direct perception, etc., were highly influential among both Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophers, but their greatest impact derived from their analysis of <i><b>inferential reasoning</b></i>.<br />
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The debate format that is still very popular among Tibetan Buddhists is based largely on Dignaga and Dharmakirti’s works. Dharmakirti’s <i>Pramāņavarttika</i>, in particular, provides Tibetan Buddhist philosophers with a standard vocabulary that is used as a framework for analysis of the various Buddhist scriptures. It also represents the epistemological foundation of the curriculum in many Tibetan monastic institutions.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: lime;"><u><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">S</span><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">tudy Questions (p. 10 of Introduction) related to Class 1</span></u></span>:</b></div>
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<li>Who composed the <i>Compendium of Pramana</i> and how many chapters does it have?</li>
<li>Who composed the <i>Pramāņavarttika </i> and how many chapters does it have?</li>
<li>Who composed the <i>Elucidation of the Path of Liberation</i>?<b></b></li>
<li>Which of these three commentaries are written in verse and which are written in prose?<b></b></li>
<li>On which text does the <i>Pramāņavarttika</i> primarily comment?</li>
<li>On which text does the <i>Elucidation of the Path of Liberation</i> primarily comment?</li>
<li>Which philosophical tenet school does Dignaga follow?</li>
<li>Which philosophical tenet school does Dharmakirti follow?</li>
<li>Which philosophical tenet school does Gyaltsab Je follow?</li>
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<b><b><span style="font-size: small;">[Dignaga's] <i>Compendium of Valid Cognition</i> </span></b></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Spring 2014 term of IBD's [</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Institute for Buddhist Dialectical studies</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">] Advanced (Engl</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">ish language) Philosophy course</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> taught by <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2011/04/geshe-kelsang-wangmo-graduation-day.html">Geshe Kelsang Wangmo</a> began Monday - 7 APRIL 2014. The Term will end on 11 JUNE 2014.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The subject matter continues the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Perfection of Wisdom</b> studies based upon Maitreya's <b><span style="font-style: italic;">Ornament for Clear Realizations</span></b> [<span style="font-style: italic;">Abhisamayalamkara</span>] with the next two topics of Chapter 1: the <b>Mahayana Path of Preparation</b> & <b>Buddha Nature</b>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013HO-Prayers%202.pdf" target="_blank">Class Prayers</a> for setting motivation & dedication</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/Root_Text-Maitreya_Abhisamayalamkara-thru-Ch01.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 1 of Root Text</a> -- the <i>Ornament for Clear Realizations </i>(<i>Abhisamayalamkara</i>) by Maitreya with interpolated Outline, published by Lama Tsong Khapa Institute, Italy (1998).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/16_Aspects_of_4_Noble_Truths.pdf" target="_blank">CHART</a> - Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014HC/2014HO1_POP.pdf" target="_blank">Text Handout</a> includes a <b>25-page Review<i> of subjects covered in prior Terms</i></b> of this multi-year Perfection of Wisdom course followed by a 31-page text on the <i><b>Mahayana Path of Preparation</b></i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u>CLASS NOTES</u>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>BUDDHA NATURE</b></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Text Handout - <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014HC/2014_BUDDHA_NATURE_0603.pdf" target="_blank">Buddha Nature - COMPLETE</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As we go through the text in class some typographical errors are being noted so a final revision will be posted later. However, this version contains the complete text on Buddha Nature</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014NOTES/20140516Class18.pdf">Class 18</a> - Buddha Nature per Vaibhāṣika (Great Exposition) & Sautrāntika (Sutra school) and Cittamātra (Mind Only).<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014NOTES/20140519Class19.pdf">Class 19</a> - Buddha Nature per Cittamātra, cont.<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014NOTES/20140521Class20.pdf">Class 20</a> - Buddha Nature per Cittamātra, cont.<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014NOTES/20140523Class21.pdf">Class 21</a> - Conclude <i>General Meaning</i> presentation of Cittamātra (Mind Only) assertions re Buddha Nature; & Arya Vimuktisena's critique.<br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014NOTES/20140526Class22.pdf">Class 22</a> - <i>General Meaning</i> presentation of Buddha Nature per Mādhyamika.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Texts</b>. Geshe Kelsang Wangmo</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> has prepared a Handout for each subject. These Handouts serve as the text
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">DOWNLOAD The first <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014HC/2014HO1_POP.pdf" target="_blank">Handout</a> includes a <b><i>25-page Review of the subjects covered in prior Terms</i></b> of this multi-year Perfection of Wisdom course followed by a 31-page text on the Mahayana Path of Preparation. The Handout on Buddha Nature will be posted later. </span></span></span></div>
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<b>Course Methodology</b>: The classes are based on the great Tibetan monastic universities’ curricula. Students will have opportunities to discuss and debate the subject matter in class. <br />
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<b>Course Background</b>: This blog contains posts that provide general <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2012/09/background-for-fall-2012-term.html" target="_blank">Background</a> </b>information to this Perfection of Wisdom course, suggested <b><a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2011/08/book-list-suggestions-for-course.html" target="_blank">Reading List</a></b>, outline notes of posted classes and MP3 recordings. <br />
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<b>Students</b>: The challenging course material is aimed at earnest students of Buddhist philosophy. If you wish to check out the classes, you are welcome to visit before you enroll.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-1811480826641775532014-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:002014-05-03T08:42:30.604-07:00Class 5 - Generating the Mahayana Path of PreparationThe 5<span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span> class of Spring 2014 term was held on Wednesday, the 16th day of April. The <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> is the topic of the first half of the term.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class05/20140416C5T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - <b>4. Mode of Generating </b>(the Mahayana Path of Preparation<b>).</b><br />
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[<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Handout pp. 32</span></span> - continuing Six Topics that introduce this Path <span style="font-size: x-small;">[Handout p. 27]</span> in Panchen Sonam Drakpa's <i><b>General Meaning</b></i> (<i>phar phyin spyi don -</i> <span style="font-size: large;">ཕར་ཕྱིན་སྤྱི་དོན་</span>).<br />
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Discussion / Q & A re: <b><b>Mental Support Required to Generate the First Moment of the Mahayana Path of Preparation</b></b>:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Concentrations, </b></li>
<li><b>Union Calm Abiding & Special Insight, </b></li>
<li><b>Mind & Mental Factors </b>
</li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class05/20140416C5T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - <b>Mental Function: Main Minds & Mental Factors</b><br />
<ul>
<li>Illustration</li>
<ul>
<li>A person (Adele) & her various functions (Adele the Student, Adele the Woman, Adele the cook, Adele the Buddhist) - a Main Mind & its Mental Factors - different isolates of one entity.</li>
</ul>
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<li><b>Three Types of Awareness </b>[see <b>Class 2 </b>& 3] - [Handout p. 32]</li>
<ul>
<li> <b>Awareness arisen from Hearing</b> (thos byung gi blo - <span style="font-size: large;">ཐོས་བྱུང་གི་བློ་</span>) - a correctly assuming consciousness </li>
<li> <b>Awareness arisen from Contemplation </b>(bsam byung gi blo - <span style="font-size: large;">བསམ་བྱུང་གི་བློ་</span>) - inferential cognizer</li>
<li><b>Awareness arisen from Meditation</b> (bsgoms byung gi blo - <span style="font-size: large;">བསྒོམས་བྱུང་གི་བློ་</span>) - mental factor of calm abiding or an awareness that is concomitant with the mental factor of calm abiding </li>
</ul>
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<li><b>Three Types of Wisdom *</b></li>
<ul>
<li><b>Wisdom arisen from Hearing</b> (thos byung gi shes rab - <span style="font-size: large;">ཐོས་བྱུང་གི་ཤེས་རབ་</span>) - mental factor of wisdom that is a correctly assuming consciousness </li>
<li><b>Wisdom arisen from Contemplation</b> (bsam byung gi shes rab - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">བསམ་བྱུང་གི་</span>ཤེས་རབ་</span>) - mental factor of wisdom that is an inferential cognizer</li>
<li><b>Wisdom arisen from Meditation</b> (bsgoms byung gi shes rab - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">བསྒོམས་བྱུང་གི་</span>ཤེས་རབ་</span>) - mental factor of wisdom that is concomitant with the mental factor of calm abiding. </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>* Note: <i>Any mental consciousness that realizes its object is a <b>wisdom</b></i>.
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<li><b>Classifications of Mind & Mental Factors & <i>Seven Types </i>of Minds </b>(<i>Lo-rig</i>)</li>
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<li><u>Distinguishing</u>: </li>
<ul>
<li>a <b>Mental Factor (<i>Wisdom arisen from Hearing</i></b>)<b> </b>from </li>
<li>a <b>Main Mind </b>(an<b> <i>Awareness arisen from Hearing</i></b>)<b> </b>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><u>Possibilities of Relationship</u> (Analytical Tool of Philosophy/Debate): </li>
<ul>
<li>Contradictory</li>
<li>Equivalent</li>
<li>Three Possibilities</li>
<li>Four Possibilities</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Relationship between <i><b>Wisdom</b></i> and <i><b>Awareness</b></i> here :</li>
<ul>
<li>Whatever is a Wisdom is necessarily is an Awareness. </li>
<li>Whatever is an Awareness is not necessarily a Wisdom. </li>
<li>There’s something that is both, a Wisdom Awareness</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Relationship between a <i><b>Wisdom </b></i><b>arisen from Hearing</b> and an <i><b>Awareness</b></i><b> arisen from Hearing</b> here :</li>
<ul>
<li>Whatever is a <i><b>Wisdom </b></i><b>arisen from Hearing</b> is necessarily is an <i><b>Awareness</b></i><b> arisen from Hearing</b>. </li>
<li>Whatever is an <i><b>Awareness</b></i><b> arisen from Hearing</b> is not necessarily a <i><b>Wisdom </b></i><b>arisen from Hearing</b> (<i>e.g.</i>, a feeling, aspiration). </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<b>4th Type of Awareness & Wisdom</b> [Handout p. 32-3]:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Awareness </b><b><b>Mainly </b>arisen from Meditation</b> - awareness that is a union of calm abiding & special insight</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Wisdom </b><b><b>Mainly </b>arisen from Meditation</b> - the mental factor of wisdom that is a union of calm abiding & special insight</li>
</ul>
<b>Q & A</b><br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class05/20140416C5T3.mp3">Track 3</a> - <b>Wisdom Focusing on Emptiness </b>[Handout 34-5] <br />
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<li><b>Developing Calm Abiding</b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li> D<b>eveloping the Union of Calm Abiding & Special Insight</b> </li>
<ul>
<li>Analysis of <b>Mental Factors</b> that are <i><b>Different but of One Entity</b></i>. </li>
<li><b>Concomitant Mental Factors</b> - Mental Factors that Work Together. </li>
</ul>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-70048729234498420932014-04-14T20:30:00.000-07:002014-06-25T01:10:59.140-07:00Class 4 - Nature & Categories of Mahayana Path of PreparationThe 4<span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span> class of Spring 2014 term was held on Monday, the 14th day of April. The <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> is the topic of the first half of the term.<br />
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<u>Please NOTE</u>: Geshe Wangmo presented an overview of the <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> in the <b>7th Class </b>of the <b>Spring 2013 Term.</b> You can download the Recorded MP3 tracks of that class, together with a transcript of NOTES from the class, and the Handouts Geshe Wangmo prepared as the text for that class at this blog's <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2013/04/class-7-path-of-preparationnn-four.html" target="_blank">April 24, 2013 POST</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class04/20140414C4T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - <b>Review </b>(<b>Mental Support</b> required to move from one level to the next on the Path of Preparation, <i>i.e.</i>, a <i><b>Concentration</b></i>).<br />
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<b>Q&A Discussion</b>, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">e.g.</span>,</i>
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<ul>
<li><i><b>Concentrations</b></i>: Human beings can <i>generate</i>/<i>have</i> Concentrations. </li>
<ul>
<li>Concentrations are required to move from one level of the Path of Preparation to the next level; </li>
<li>Not all moments on the Path of Preparation (or the Path of Seeing) are Concentrations as practitioners are not always in meditation and, even in meditation, when focused on the Method aspects of the path, may not be on a Concentration.
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class04/20140414C4T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - <b>2. Nature </b>(of the Mahayana Path of Preparation<b>).</b><br />
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[<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Handout pp. 30-</span></span>1 - continuing Six Topics that introduce this Path <span style="font-size: x-small;">[Handout p. 27]</span> in Panchen Sonam Drakpa's <i><b>General Meaning</b></i> (<i>phar phyin spyi don -</i> <span style="font-size: large;">ཕར་ཕྱིན་སྤྱི་དོན་</span>).<br />
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<b>Terminology</b>:<br />
<ul>
<li><i><b>Path of Concordance with Liberation</b></i> (<span style="font-size: large;">ཐར་པ་ཆ་མཐུན་</span>) - synonym of Path of Accumulation. </li>
<li><i><b>Clear Realization of the Truth</b></i> - synonym of Path of Seeing.</li>
</ul>
<b><u>Introduction to aspects of the Nature of this Path</u></b>:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Path of Preparation</b>: </li>
<ul>
<li>is <i>mundane</i> Mahayana path; </li>
<li>arises subsequent to the completion of its cause, the <i>Path of Concordance with Liberation</i>; </li>
<li>is a similitude of the <i>Clear Realization of the Truth</i></li>
</ul>
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<b>Explanation of Relevent Passages from Three Commentaries</b> [Handout p. 31]:</div>
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Arya Asanga, <i><b>Summary of Manifest Knowledge</b></i> (Skt. <i>Abhidharmasamuccaya</i>; Tib. mngon pa kun btus - <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་པ་ཀུན་བཏུས་</span>):<br />
<blockquote>
<i>Whatever exists on the</i> [path of] <i>accumulation also exists on the</i> [path of] <i>preparation</i></blockquote>
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Vasubhandu, Commentary on <i><b>Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata</b></i> (Skt., <i>Dharma Dharmata Vibhanga</i>; Tib.: chos nyid rnam 'byed kyi 'brel ba - <span style="font-size: large;">ཆོས་ཉིད་རྣམ་འབྱེད་ཀྱི་འབྲེལ་བ་</span>):<br />
<blockquote>
<i>All are thoroughly distinguished by</i> [awarenesses arisen from]<i> hearing, contemplation, and meditation</i></blockquote>
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Gyaltsab Je, <i><b>Ornament of the Essence </b></i> (<span style="font-size: large;">རྣམ་བཞད་སྙིང་པོ་རྒྱན་</span>):<br />
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[The nature of the Mahayana Path of Preparation is] <i>a mundane Mahayana path </i>[that arises] <i>subsequent to the completion of a concordance with liberation, and that is a similitude of the 'clear realization of the truth'. </i>[The Mahayana Path of Preparation] <i>is not solely limited to being wisdoms arisen from meditation, because there are many cases of</i> [Mahayana Paths of Preparation that are] <i>wisdoms arisen from hearing or contemplation</i>.</blockquote>
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<b>Q & A</b>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class04/20140414C4T3.mp3">Track 3</a> - <b>3. Categories </b>(of the Mahayana Path of Preparation<b>) </b>[Handout 31-2]<b><br /></b><br />
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Each of the four levels - <b>Heat</b>, <b>Peak</b>, <b>Forbearance</b> & <b>Supreme Dharma</b> have three sub-divisions: <b>Small</b><b></b>, <b>Middling</b>, <b>Great. </b>12 levels of the Mahayana Path of Preparation.<br />
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Differing interpretations regarding the meaning of the three subdivisions:<br />
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</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-16498535406996082702014-04-11T21:00:00.000-07:002014-04-29T09:12:30.189-07:00Class 3 - Introduction - 1. Support of Mahayana Path of PreparationThe 3<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span> class of Spring 2014 term was held on Friday, the 11th day of April. The <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> is the topic of the first half of the term.<br />
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<b>Five Steps to Realize Emptiness</b>: <b> </b></div>
<ol>
<li><b>Correctly Assuming Awareness of Emptiness</b> <i>arisen from Hearing</i>. <b> </b></li>
<li><b>Inferential Cognition</b> (<i>Incontrovertible</i>) of <b>Emptiness</b> <i>arisen from Contemplation</i>.</li>
<li><b>Awareness of Emptiness on Basis of Meditation </b><i>arisen from </i>(<i>Calm Abiding</i>) <b>Meditation</b>. </li>
<li><b>Awareness of Emptiness Mainly on Basis of Meditation (</b><i>Union of Calm Abiding & Special Insight</i>).</li>
<li><b>Directly Perceiving Realization of Emptiness.</b> </li>
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<b>Q&A</b> - DIfferentiating Prasangika presentation of <i><b>cognizers</b></i> from other Tenet systems.
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class03/20140411C3T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - <b>Initial Presentation of </b><b>Path of Preparation per Panchen Sonam Drakpa's Six Topics to Elucidate this Path</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[Handout p. 27]</span>:<b> </b><br />
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<li><b>Support </b>(of the Mahayana Path of Preparation)</li>
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[<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Handout pp. 28-30</span> </span>- sources: Vasubhandu's <b><i>Treasury of Knowledge</i></b> (Skt., <i>Abhidharma-kosha</i>; Tib., <span style="font-size: large;">མངོན་པ་མཛོད་</span>); Gyaltsab Je's <i><b>Ornament of the Essence</b></i> ( <span style="font-size: large;">རྣམ་བཞད་སྙིང་པོ་རྒྱན་</span>]<b><br /></b><br />
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<li><b>Introduction to Four Levels</b> of Path of Preparation (<b>Heat</b>, <b>Peak</b>, <b>Forbearance</b> & <b>Supreme</b> Dh<b>arma</b>), <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>: the 1<span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span> is named <i>Heat</i> because having attained this Path, one is approaching the <i>Fire</i> (that actually begins burning away obstacles preventing Enlightenment) of the Path of Seeing. The name of the 3<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span> level (<i>Forbearance</i>)
refers to losing one's residual fear of Emptiness. Having attained
that level, one cannot be reborn (uncontrollably) in the lower realms
again.
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Who is a person who can attain this path, at what level of existence, physical basis:</li>
<ul>
<li>3 of the 4 <i>types</i> of humans (living on different <i>continents</i>, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e.</i></span>, planets or realms) & celestial beings of the Desire Realm can generate Path of Preparation. </li>
<li>Physical basis to generate the Path of Seeing on the Supreme Dharma Level of the Path of Preparation.</li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class03/20140411C3T3.mp3">Track 3</a> - Discussion / Q&A regarding material introduced in this class.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">This is the <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">3<span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></span> c</span>lass of the S<span style="font-size: small;">pring</span> 201<span style="font-size: small;">4</span> term of</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #073763; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;"> the <b>Perfection of Wisdom course</b><br />
which addresses <span style="font-size: small;">3rd </span>Topic - Mahayana Path of Preparation<br />
of Chapter 1 of Maitreya's <br />
<i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i> - <i>Abhisamayalamkara</i>.</span></b></div>
</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-65977915002324519082014-04-09T18:30:00.000-07:002014-04-27T09:21:00.868-07:00Class 2 - Mahayana Path of Preparation - introductionThe 2nd class of Spring 2014 term was held on Monday, the 9th day of April. The <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> is the topic of the first half of the term.<br />
<br />
Download the Spring 2014 Course <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014HC/2014HO1_POP.pdf" target="_blank">Text-PDF</a>, prepared by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo.<br />
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<u>Please NOTE</u>: Geshe Wangmo presented an overview of the <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> in the <b>7th Class </b>of the <b>Spring 2013 Term.</b> You can download the Recorded MP3 tracks of that class, together with a transcript of NOTES from the class, and the Handouts Geshe Wangmo prepared as the text for that class at this blog's <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2013/04/class-7-path-of-preparationnn-four.html" target="_blank">April 24, 2013 POST</a>.<br />
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD Recorded MP3 Tracks of Class 1</b></u>:</div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class02/20140409C2T1.mp3">Track 1</a> -
Continue explanation re Types of Awarenesses Required to Progress to the <b>Mahayana Path of Preparation</b>:<br />
<ol>
<li><b>Awareness arisen from Hearing</b> (Correctly Assuming Consciousness - not the same as "Incontrovertibly Knowing").</li>
<li><b>Awareness Arisen from Contemplation</b> (Inferential Cognizer). <b> </b></li>
<li><b>Awareness Arisen from Meditation</b> (Calm Abiding Single Focus). </li>
<li><b>Awareness Mainly Arisen from Meditation</b> (Union of Calm Abiding & Special Insight). </li>
</ol>
Most of what we think we know is only <i>Arisen from Hearing</i>.
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Four Steps to Realize Emptiness</b>: <b> </b></div>
<ol>
<li><b>Correctly Assume Emptiness</b> - <i>Awareness arisen from Hearing</i>. <b> </b></li>
<li><b>Inferentially Cognize</b> (<i>Incontrovertibly</i>) <b>Emptiness</b> - <i>Awareness arisen from Contemplation</i> - a conceptual & easily distracted mind.</li>
<li><b>Calm Abiding</b> (<i>Single Pointed</i>) <b>Meditation on Emptiness</b> - <i>Awareness Arisen from Meditation</i>. </li>
<li><b>Calm Abiding in Union with Special Insight</b> [<i>analysis</i>] <b>on Emptiness</b> - <i>Awareness Mainly Arisen from Meditation</i>.
</li>
</ol>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class02/20140409C2T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - <b>Realizing Emptiness by </b><i><b>Awareness Mainly Arisen from Meditation</b></i> <b>is entry to the Path of Preparation. </b><br />
<ul>
<li>The first moment of the Union of Calm Abiding & Special Insight meditating on Emptiness is the first moment of the Path of Preparation.</li>
</ul>
One can generate the first 3 Awarenesses before generating Bodhicitta. If not generated before entering the Path of Accumulation, they must be generated on that Path before advancing to the Path of Preparation.
<br />
Why the Path of Preparation is presented after the 10 Mahayana Practice Instructions. <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Text PDF - p. 24]</span>.
A Debate.
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<ul>
<li><u>Path of Accumulation</u> - enter by generating Bodhicitta. Either before or after entry, generate the first Three Awarenesses. And work to develop the Fourth type.</li>
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<li><u>Path of Preparation</u> - enter immediately upon generating the Fourth type Awareness at the end of the Path of Accumulation. Then continue to develop and deepen that Union of Calm Abiding and Special Insight focused on Emptiness until you generate a Direct Experience of Emptiness and at immediately enter the Path of Seeing.
</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class02/20140409C2T3.mp3">Track 3</a> - Presentation of a Sutra debate in the <i>Perfection of Wisdom</i> re what to do when you <i>get stuck on the Path of Preparation</i>.<br />
<ul>
<li>The phrase that appears, "<i><b>Not having the</b> <b>fault of a Bodhisattva</b></i>", means being able to Realize Emptiness Directly. </li>
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<li>On the Path of Preparation, a Bodhisattva is <i>stuck</i> with a conceptual realization of Emptiness even in the special meditative concentration of the Union of Calm Abiding & Special Insight Meditation. This is the <i><b>Fault of the Peak Training on the Path of Preparation</b></i>.
</li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">This is the <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">2<span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></span> c</span>lass of the S<span style="font-size: small;">pring</span> 201<span style="font-size: small;">4</span> term of</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #073763; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;"> the <b>Perfection of Wisdom course</b><br />
which addresses <span style="font-size: small;">3rd </span>Topic - Mahayana Path of Preparation<br />
of Chapter 1 of Maitreya's <br />
<i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i> - <i>Abhisamayalamkara</i>.</span></b></div>
</blockquote>
<b>
</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-82697195824032063612014-04-07T21:00:00.000-07:002014-04-27T09:20:47.486-07:00Class 1 - Mahayana Path of Preparation - introductionThe 1st class of Spring 2014 term was held on Monday, the 7th day of April. The <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> is the topic of the first half of the term.<br />
<br />
Download the Spring 2014 Course <a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2014HC/2014HO1_POP.pdf" target="_blank">Text-PDF</a>, prepared by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo.<br />
<br />
<u>Please NOTE</u>: Geshe Wangmo presented an overview of the <b><i>Mahayana Path of Preparation</i></b> in the <b>7th Class </b>of the <b>Spring 2013 Term.</b> You can download the Recorded MP3 tracks of that class, together with a transcript of NOTES from the class, and the Handouts Geshe Wangmo prepared as the text for that class at this blog's <a href="http://ibd-buddhist.blogspot.in/2013/04/class-7-path-of-preparationnn-four.html" target="_blank">April 24, 2013 POST</a>.<br />
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<u><b>DOWNLOAD Recorded MP3 Tracks of Class 1</b></u>:</div>
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class01/20140407C1T0.mp3">Logicistics</a> in-Classroom attendance.
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class01/20140407C1T1.mp3">Track 1</a> - Introduction to this <i>Ornament for the Perfection of Wisdom Course</i>.
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class01/20140407C1T2.mp3">Track 2</a> - Introduction to the subject matter of this Spring 2013 Term of the Course: the <i><b>Mahayana Path of Preparation</b></i>. After general introduction, begins Introduce to relevant terminology, <i>e.g.</i>,<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Awareness Arisen from Hearing </b>(Correctly Assuming Consciousness, </li>
<li><b>Awareness Arisen from Contemplation</b> (Inferential Cognizer), </li>
<li><b>Awareness Arisen from Meditation</b> (Conceptual Calm Abiding).</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/mp3/2014Class01/20140407C1T3.mp3">Track 3</a> - Q & A.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">This is the <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1<span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></span> c</span>lass of the S<span style="font-size: small;">pring</span> 201<span style="font-size: small;">4</span> term of</span></b></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #073763; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;"> the <b>Perfection of Wisdom course</b><br />
which addresses <span style="font-size: small;">3rd </span>Topic - Mahayana Path of Preparation<br />
of Chapter 1 of Maitreya's <br />
<i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i> - <i>Abhisamayalamkara</i>.</span></b></div>
</blockquote>
<b>
</b>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14685142.post-28566401747505390212013-11-18T06:08:00.000-08:002014-03-23T07:02:52.193-07:00Fall 2013 TERM Did NOT Take PlaceThe Institute for Buddhist Dialectical Studies, since its inception, has an affiliated relationship with Drepung Loseling Monastery (Karnataka). <br />
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<a href="http://www.drepung.org/" target="_blank">Drepung Loseling Monastery</a> located its North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, over 20 years ago. In 1998, DLM entered into an affiliation agreement with Emory University. One aspect of that agreement is that Emory University conducts an annual Winter Semester Study Abroad Program focused on Tibetan culture, etc., in Dharamsala, India. IBD provides support for that program. In that connection, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo has been teaching a course in that program for many years. Among other activities in North America, DLM has a Dharma Center (The Loseling Institute) in Atlanta.<br />
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In the Fall of 2013, H.H. the Dalai Lama visited Emory University and the Loseling Institute. Various associated teachings and meetings were organized in connection with His Holiness visit. IBD requested Geshe Wangmo to go the United States to participate in those. Then the FPMT requested Geshe Wangmo to give teachings at some of its Dharma Centers in the U.S. For these reasons, the Fall 2013 term of the Perfection of Wisdom Course did not take place.<br />
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The Handouts that are posted here are prepared by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo. **Links to <b>CLASS NOTES</b>/Partial Transcript (DRAFTS) are posted below the Handouts.<br />
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Every individual Class Blog Post
has links to the MP3 files of the class as well as to any PDF materials related to that class.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Please note: </b> <i>Even though the </i><i>Creative Commons logo copyright logo does not appear on</i><i> the downloadable Charts and Handouts, they are also covered by Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs" Copyright</i>. [See right hand column.]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><br />
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<b><u>Charts</u></b><br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart1.pdf">2013 Spring Chart 1</a> - <b>Ten Bhumis</b> (<i>Grounds</i>) - Seven Pure & Three Impure Bhumis of the Two Arya Paths.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart02.pdf">2013 Spring Chart 2</a> - <b>Eight Meditative Absorptions & Afflictions</b> that: (1) temporarily are eliminated by preparatory stage of the meditative absorption & (2) arise when the meditative absorption is attained (and no higher meditative absorption is attained)<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart03.pdf">2013 Spring Chart 3</a> - <b>81 Types of Innate Afflictions</b> (<i>of the Desire, Form & Formless Realms</i>) <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart04.pdf">2013 Spring Charts 4-8</a> - Chart 4 - Mundane Afflictions Temporarily Eliminated by Mundane Uninterrupted Paths. Chart 5 - Mundane & Supramundane Afflictions Irrevocably Eliminated by Supramundane Uninterrupted Paths. Chart 6 - Mundane Uninterrupted Paths that Temporarily Eliminate Mundane Innate Afflictions. Chart 7 - Supramundane Uninterrupted Paths that Irrevocably Eliminate Supramundane Innate Afflictions. Chart 8 - Supramundane Uninterrupted Paths that Irrevocably Eliminate Mundane Innate Afflictions. <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart09.pdf">2013 Spring Chart 9</a> - <b>Abiders in the Result of Stream-Enterer</b> (<i>Gradual Attainers & Simultaneous Eliminators</i>) - <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/2013Chart10.pdf">2013 Spring Charts 10-11</a> - Chart 10 - <b>Abiders in the Result of Non-Returner</b>. Chart 11 - <b>Abiders in the Result of Foe-Destroyer</b>. <br />
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<b><u>Handouts 1-40</u></b><br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130408H01.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 1</a> - Introductory Background to Course: Three Wheels of Dharma; <i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i>.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130408H02.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 2</a> - <i>Ornament for Clear Realizations</i> - Translator's Homage; Maitreya's Homage and its Meaning, Maitreya's Purpose for composing the <i>Ornament</i>. [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Revised version 4/10/13</i></span>]<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130408H03.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 3</a> - Summary (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i.e., </i></span>Contents) of <i>Ornament</i>: Eight Clear Realizations. Thirteen Verses listing its 70 Topics. Chapter 1: Topics 1-8 (of its Ten Topics)<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130410H04.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 4</a> - Intro-review of Chapter 1, cont., Topics 9 & 10. Ch.1 Topic 1 - <i>Bodhicitta</i>: Two Aspirations.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130410H05.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 5</a> - Ch. 1, Topic 2 - <i>Ten Mahayana Practice</i> Instructions: (1)-(8) were subjects of Spring 2011-Fall 2012 terms. (9) & (10) - <i>Path of Seeing</i> and <i>Path of Meditation</i> are first set of subjects for Spring 2013; preliminary subject: the Five Paths of Hinayana & Mahayana. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Revision posted 4/20/13.</i></span><br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130410H06.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 6</a> - Five Paths of Hinayana & Mahayana, Chart. Afflictive Obstructions (Intellectually Acquired & Innate) & Cognitive Obstructions. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Revision posted 4/20/13.</i></span><br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130412H07.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 7</a> - Afflictive Obstructions & their Seeds, cont. Cognitive Obstructions - Imprints (not Seeds) of the Afflictions. Chart: Mahayana Arya Path Bhumis & Obstructions eliminated thereon. Mahayana Path of Accumulation: Causal Awareness required to generate Bodhicitta: 1) Awareness that aspires for Liberation; 2) Equanimity.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130415H08.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 8</a> - Mahayana Path of Accumulation, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>cont.</i></span>: Causal Awareness required to generate Bodhicitta: 2) Equanimity – necessary prerequisite<i> </i>to generate Bodhicitta with Seven-fold Cause & Effect instructions and Equalizing & Exchanging Self for Others <i>- </i>techniques that can generate other requisite minds, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>e.g.</i></span>: 3) Affectionate Love; 4) Great Compassion; 5) Altruistic Attitude; 6) Aspiration to Benefit Others. Bodhicitta on the Path of Accumulation: dormant & manifold, in continua of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas (on the Fifth Mahayana Path); Aspiration and Engaging Bodhicitta. Three levels of Mahayana Path of Accumulation: 1) Small, 2) Middling.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130415H09.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 9</a> - Mahayana Path of Accumulation, <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">cont.</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;">:</span> Middling & Great levels. Chart - three levels of Path of Accumulation. Mahayana Path of Preparation: Four levels, each with three subdivisions (Small, Middling, Great) introduction.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130417H10.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 10</a> - Mahayana Path of Preparation's Four Levels, <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>cont.</i></span>: 1) Heat, 2) Peak, 3) Forbearance, 4) Supreme Dharma. Chart: <i></i>Mundane, Arya & Supramundane Paths. Four types of Misperception re Four types of Conceptual Consciousnesses that grasp at True Existence.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130417H11.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 11</a> - Path of Preparation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130419H12.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 12</a> - Path of Seeing.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130422H13.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 13</a> - Path of Seeing.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130422H14.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 14</a> - Path of Seeing.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130424H15.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 15</a> - Path of Seeing. Path of Meditation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130426H16.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 16</a> - Path of Meditation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130429H17.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 17</a> - Path of Meditation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130429H18.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 18</a> - Path of Meditation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130501H19.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 19</a> - Path of Meditation. Path of No-More-Learning.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130501H20.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 20</a> - Madhyamika-Svatantrika: <span style="font-size: x-small;">1.</span> Afflictive Obstructions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130501H21.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 21</a> - Madhyamika Svatantrika: <span style="font-size: x-small;">2.</span> Cognitive Obstructions; <span style="font-size: x-small;">3.</span> Elimination of Afflictive & Cognitive Obstructions & <span style="font-size: x-small;">4.</span> Emptiness [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>contrasted with Madhyamika Prasangika</i></span>].<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/20130503H22.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 22</a> - Madhyamika Svatantrika: <span style="font-size: x-small;">5.</span> The Two Truths [<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>contrasted with Madhyamika Prasangika</i></span>]. Path of Meditation - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Descriptions from Haribhadra, Je Tsong Khapa, Gyaltsab Je Commentaries on the <i>Ornament</i></span>: <span style="font-size: x-small;">1.</span> Nature of the Path that is the object of meditation. <span style="font-size: x-small;">2.</span> Refuting Others' Arguments.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH23.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 23</a> - The Twenty Sangha: Hinayana Path of Accumulation; Hinayana Path of Preparation; Hinayana Path of Meditation.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH24.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 24</a> - Twenty Sangha: Hinayana Path of No More Learning; Objects of Elimination on the Superior Paths<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH25.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 25</a> - Twenty Sangha: <i>Cont.</i>, Eight Meditative Absorptions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH26.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 26</a> - Twenty Sangha: Nine Levels of the Three Realms, Cultivation of the Eight Meditative Absorptions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH27.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 27</a> - Twenty Sangha: <i>Cont.</i>, Eight Meditative Absorptions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201305020SanghaH28.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 28</a> - Twenty Sangha: <i>Cont.</i>, Eight Meditative Absorptions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH29.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 29</a> - Twenty Sangha: <i>Cont.</i>, Eight Meditative Absorptions.<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH30.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 30</a> - Twenty Sangha:<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH31.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 31</a> - Twenty Sangha:<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH32.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 32</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH33.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 33</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br /><br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201306020SanghaH34.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 34</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br /><br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH35.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 35</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH36.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 36</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br /><br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH37.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 37</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br /><br />
<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH38.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 38</a> - Twenty Sangha:<br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH39.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 39</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013Spring-HC/201307020SanghaH40.pdf">2013 Spring Handout 40</a> - Twenty Sangha: <br /> <br />
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<a href="http://ibd-buddhism.org/Abhi/pdf/2013SpringCLASSES/20130424Class07NOTES.pdf">NOTES</a> - Class 7 (April 24) - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Handouts <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span> & 10.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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