Logic

A Q&A with Dr. Berzin and his students about the relationship between Buddhism and science, with specific examples of points that they share in common.

Two phenomena may constitute a naturally inseparable pair or a joined pair attained through the power of meditation. They may simultaneously arise with each other, share a similar family-cause, or have the same functional nature. Understanding these distinctions helps deepen...

Is it a matter of free will, is it predetermined, does it come from karma or from some other complex explanation?

Using Buddhist logic can help us to overcome failure and ensure success, by using a realistic strategy based on reason.

Buddhist psychology and science have a great deal of relevance for Westerners. The religious aspects of Buddhism can supplement, but not substitute them.

The non-Buddhist Nyaya logician Shankarasvamin composed this text as a summary introduction to Dignaga’s system of Buddhist logic.

With a beginningless mental continuum of uncontrollably recurring rebirths, what makes us develop a bodhichitta aim the first time?

An outline of the main points of the relationships with objects in the context of the cognition theory found in the Sautrantika system according to the Gelug presentation.

A seminar on the complicated topic of how to meditate on the voidness of a false “me” experiencing the four noble truths to attain liberation and enlightenment.

Four ways to examine whether something makes sense or not.