檢視 Debate 辯論的原始碼

'''Debate''' (Tib. [[རྩོད་པ་]]; [[Wyl.]] ''rtsod pa'') is considered to be one of the [[Three activities of a pandita|three principal fields of activity for a scholar]].<ref>'''chad rtsod rtsom gsum'', exposition, debate and composition</ref> It is practised in all traditions of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], although the [[Gelugpa]] school in particular emphasizes the role of debate as a the most important of all educational tools, and this has led to their preeminence in the field.<ref>See Dreyfus (2003), ''passim''.</ref> 

==History==
Buddhist history is replete with tales of encounters between scholars of rival schools or traditions meeting in debate to settle their differences, often with miraculous results. Chandrakirti famously debated with [[Chandragomin]] in [[Nalanda]] for several years before realizing that the lay master was secretly receiving help each night from [[Avalokiteshvara]]. The practice of public debates continued in Tibet and the biographies of many of the greatest masters in Tibetan history, including the likes of [[Sakya Pandita]] and [[Longchen Rabjam]] never fail to mention their debating prowess. The [[Mönlam Chenmo|Great Prayer Festival]], inaugurated by [[Jé Tsongkhapa]] in 1409 and held in Lhasa every year until 1959, saw candidates for a [[geshe]] degree debate before representatives of the 'three great seats' of [[Sera Monastery|Sera]], [[Drepung Monastery|Drepung]] and [[Ganden Monastery|Ganden]] as part of their final examination. In the late nineteenth century, [[Mipham Rinpoche]] was involved in a public debate with [[Japa Dongak]] while [[Patrul Rinpoche]] acted as the adjudicator. 

==Format==
The two parties in a debate are known as the challenger or questioner (''dam bca' ba'') and the defender (''rigs lam pa''). 

==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
*Georges Dreyfus, ''The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk'', University of California Press, 2003
*Dan Perdue, ''Debate in Tibetan Buddhism'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1992
*Katherine Manchester Rogers, ''Tibetan Logic'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2009

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