Geshe Lobsang Tharchin : Pointing the Way to Reasoning

Lobsang Tharchin Rinpoche offers commentaries on three classic texts of Buddhist logic: Compendium of Debates (Bsdus Grwa), Types of Mind (Blo Rig), and Analysis of Reasons (Rtags Rigs).

The main source materials used for these teachings are: for Part One: Compendium of Debates, selections from Purchok Jampa Rinpoche's Magic Key to the Path of Reasoning: a Presentation of the Compendium of Debates, Types of Mind, and Analysis of Reasons That Discloses the Meaning of the Great Scriptures on Valid Cognition. For Part Two, Types of Mind, a selection from Analysis of the Perfection of Wisdom, a monastic commentarial textbook used by Sera Mey monastery, written by Kedrup Tenpa Dargye. For Part Three, selections of Analysis of Reasons, the Essence of Scriptural Authority and Logical Reasoning: a Presentation of Reasoning to Delight Scholars by Chone Lama Drakpa Shedrup.

"You have to use the material presented here as a way to advance in your practice, applying the logic to your own mind. This is by far the most important technique for studying." Lobsang Tharchin Rinpoche.