tibetan monks debating

tibetan monks learn a form of debate, where one takes a particular view or position and a challenger tests the soundness of their logic. tibetan buddhism is quite logical for a spiritual tradition. also found on youtube today a good english example of the debate format, here lorien provides arguments for the difference between color and red and she takes both sides of the argument. a very nice window into how it works. thanks lorien!

but if you’d like a less than pious take on it, check out this ‘loosely’ translated version of tibetan monks debating in india:

“Your mother was a Jesuit!”

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