BUD 692 Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning - Chapter 1 (SPOC)

This is the first of a series of teachings by Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi on Sakya Paṇḍita’s entire Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning. Acharya Lama Kelzang will begin to teach chapter 1, “Investigation of the Object.” This chapter sets forth the major terminology of the tradition of valid cognition:

  • valid cognition and mistaken cognition,
  • their related objects that are things, non-things, and clearly appearing non-existents, and
  • the modes of engagement of objects as appearing objects, referent objects, and objects of engagement.

The theories of perception of the Vaibhāṣikas and Sautrāntikas are analyzed with a critique from the Mahāyāna schools, using the reasoning of one and many.

Prerequisite: Any interested student may take this course. However, since this is an Advanced Curriculum course at the Nitartha Institute, it is recommended for students who have completed the Institute's Foundation and Intermediate Curriculums . In particular, it is recommended that students have completed the Mind and Its World I and II courses that are based on the Lorik (Classifications of Mind) root text by Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, or have had equivalent detailed study elsewhere.

Faculty/Instructor(s): Acharya Kelsang Wangdi

BUD 692 Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning - Chapter 2 (SPOC)

This course is the continuation of an in-depth study of Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning, (tshad ma rigs gter) by renowned scholar Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) – an influential work which inaugurated a new period of Pramāna studies in Tibet by focusing particularly on Dharmakīrti’s Pramānavārttika and identifying the errors of earlier Tibetan scholars, especially Chapa Chökyi Senge. We will study Sakya Pandita’s seminal work on the basis of the commentary by Jamyang Loter Wangpo (1847-1914).
Faculty/Instructor(s): Acharya Kelsang Wangdi

BUD 692 Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning - Chapter 3 (SPOC)

This course is the continuation (Chapter 3) of an in-depth study of Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning, (tshad ma rigs gter) by renowned scholar Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) – an influential work that inaugurated a new period of pramana studies in Tibet by focusing particularly on Dharmakirti’s Pramanavarttika and identifying the errors of earlier Tibetan scholars, especially Chapa Chökyi Senge. We will study Sakya Pandita’s seminal work on the basis of the commentary by Jamyang Loter Wangpo (1847-1914).
Faculty/Instructor(s): Acharya Kelzang Wangdi