eB 140 - The Great Debate
From EveryBodhi Podcast by Jampal Norbu
May 6, 2025 · 21 min · Season 1 · Episode 140
About this episode
Jampal Norbu explores the nature of debate and its implications on understanding and ego through Lojong verse 31.
Humans have used debate for millennia because it effectively exposes assumption, bias and misunderstanding. Most debates these days, though, are undertaken not for the sake of clarity and understanding, but for the sake of argument. In the spirit of argument, the main objective is to win, not to learn or clarify. Argument is ego's conquest in its relentless campaign of self validation. In the spirit of debating argument, Jampal Norbu explores Lojong verse 31-Do Not Be Contentious.
People in this episode
Host: Jampal Norbu
Topics covered
- debate
- argument
- ego
- Lojong
- understanding
- bias
- misunderstanding
Keywords
- debate
- argument
- Lojong
- ego
- understanding
- bias
- misunderstanding
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Lojong verse 31
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