Reasoning and logic are essential in order to reveal what is in fact true and reliable knowledge. Pramana is a Sanskrit term that Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist traditions use to refer to the elements necessary to recognize how knowledge is understood, and how its veracity and reliability can be ascertained.
Drawing from Dharmakirti’s Compendium of Valid Cognition, Demo Rinpoche will explain various methods to help gain reliably true knowledge of the nature of reality and be able to discern the diverse understandings people may reach.
Additional Pramana Courses by Demo Rinpoche:
- MASTER CLASS: Pramana of Dharmakirti – Part 1
- MASTER CLASS: Pramana of Dharmakirti – Part 2
- MASTER CLASS: Pramana of Dharmakirti – Part 3
Additional Videos and Reading:
Videos:
- H.H. the Dalai Lama: Commentary on Valid Cognition Pramana Chapter 2 Teaching part 1
- H.H. the Dalai Lama: Commentary on Valid Cognition Pramana Chapter 2 Teaching part 2
Books:
- Pramana: Dharmakirti and the Indian Philosophical Debate by Lama Doboom Tulku and Maya Joshi (available to order)
- A Compendium of Ways of Knowing: A Clear Mirror of what should be Accepted and Rejected by Akya Yong-dzin Yang-chan ga-wai lo-dro, with commentary compiled from oral teachings by Geshe Ngawang Dhargey (book out of print)
Online:
- Compendium of Knowledge – a Clear Mirror of What Should be Accepted and Rejected by Akya Yongdzin (Pramana Synopsis from Berzin Archives)
- Commentary on “Compendium of Ways of Knowing” – Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (from Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives)
- Lorig: Ways of Knowing by Alexander Berzin
- Elaboration of “Lorig: Ways of Knowing” by Dr. Alexander Berzin
- A Study Of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika: An English Translation And Annotation of The Pramāṇavārttika, Book I by Masatoshi Nagatomi
- Chapter 2 Institute for Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala (2014) by Geshe Wangmo
