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In the Ge-luk-pa tradition, familiarity with the system of logic is considered essential for practice. The flexibility and focus that it develops is a powerful tool for self-transformation. Perhaps the best way to get a sense of the range of material in our new introductory logic manual, Tibetan Logic, is to peruse the table of contents, to the right.
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More about the book . . .
In the Ge-luk-pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, training in analytical reasoning is considered essential not only for the academic path, but because it enhances the pursuit of meditation. The Ge-luk-pa system of logic (the "path of reasoning") produces a mind that is trained, powerful, flexible, and able to approach an idea from numerous points of view. When it is applied in meditation on emptiness, it is an essential tool for self-transformation.
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Contents
Part One: Essentials of Reasoning 11
Introduction 13
1. The Property of the Subject 33
2. Bases of Relation of the Pervasions:
The Similar and Dissimilar Classes 79
3. Establishing the Forward Pervasion
and the Counterpervasion 109
4. The Main Division of Correct Signs 149
5. Correct Nature Signs 183
6. Correct Nonobservation Signs
of the Nonappearing 197
7. Correct Nonobservation Signs of the
Suitable to Appear 227
8. Other Divisions of Correct Signs 275
9. Quasi-Reasons 327
10. The Text and Its Study 359
Part Two: Annotated Translation
Pur-bu-jok Jam-pa-gya-tso's The Topic of Signs and Reasonings from the "Great Path of Reasoning" 381
1. Signs 383
2. Bases of Relation of Correct Signs 385
3. Correct Sign 399
4. Effect Signs 407
5. Nature Signs 413
6. Nonobservation Signs 417
7. Other Divisions of Correct Signs 441
8. Contradictory Reasons 453
9. Indefinite Reasons 457
10. Nonestablished Reasons 465
11. Important Subsidiary Topics 469
Glossary 479
Detailed Outline 487
List of Abbreviations 499
Bibliography 501
Endnotes 505
Index 517
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