Introduction to the Nalanda Tradition
and its focus on critical analysis and inquiry
Watch this series of 7 videos to gain background understanding of where the Nalanda Debate tradition came from and how it plays an important role in understanding our world
Nalanda: India's Ancient Wisdom - Debate School Series 1 Lesson 1
A brief introduction to Nalanda as a philosophical tradition - not as a unique school of thought located by time or place, but as a unique style of thinking and critical analysis.
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Why Debate? Debate School Series 1 Lesson 2.A
The value and benefits of debating.
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Logic's role in emotion - Debate School, Series 1 Lesson 2.B
A discussion of how application - or lack thereof - of logic influences our emotions.
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What Is Knowledge? Manifest Phenomena - Debate School Series 1 Lesson 3.A
An exploration of how knowledge is conceived in the Nalanda Tradition by looking at: What is knowable, what it means to know, and what does the knowing. Here we look at manifest (aka, evident, obvious) phenomena - things which can be known empirically through our senses.
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What Is Knowledge? Hidden Phenomena - Debate School Series 1 Lesson 3.B
An exploration how knowledge is conceived in the Nalanda Tradition in terms of: What is knowable, what it means to know, and what kinds of mind/cognition does the knowing. Here we look at hidden phenomena - things which can only be truly known through relying upon a process of reasoning.
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Three-Part Process of Learning - Debate School Series 1 Lesson 3.C
A description of how the Nalanda tradition understands the process of transformation of mind through a three-part process of learning.
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Nalanda Psychology 101 - Debate School Series 1 Lesson 4
How is the mind conceived in the Nalanda Tradition? Here we explore a few of the many ways!
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