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Debate Course

Curriculum Year 1

Week

Topics

Org

Orientation Session

1

Introduction

Historical Roots (Tenets Schools of Nalanda,

5 Great Treatises)

Cognition

Relationships

Syllogism & Consequences

Debate Methodology

2

Practice of Relationships

3

Practice of Relationships

4

Practice of Syllogisms

5

Practice of Syllogisms

6

Small Path of Reasoning

Colors etc.

7

Established Bases

8

Established Bases

9

Identifying Isolates

10

Identifying Isolates

11

Optional Exam & Counseling

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Tibetan Gelug monks debating with typical hand and body gestures in the monastic university's courtyard
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