H. E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, Atisha Mathur, and Fabrizio Pallotti: Buddhist Education in the Modern World (#233)
About this episode
The episode discusses the integration of Buddhist education into modern academia with insights from notable guests.
This episode of the Wisdom Podcast , recorded as a Wisdom Dharma Chat , features special guests H. E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche , Atisha Mathur , and Fabrizio Pallotti . Together with host Daniel Aitken, they tackle the topic of Buddhist education in the modern world. Discussing the value of rigorous critical thinking in improving Western Dharma study. How students can benefit from collaboration such as the collaboration with Serkong Institute , Association Manjushri Lotsaw , and University of Pisa to bring traditional Buddhist academic structure to Western academia. They also discuss Rinpoche’s course with Wisdom Academy, The Debate Between Wisdom and Ignorance . They also discuss Serkong Institute’s mission to guide students amid abundant online materials and the evolution of AI by grounding them in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Nalanda tradition; how debate functions as a practical tool to test understanding, refine doubts, and build conviction; how to cultivate correct understanding of the Four Noble Truths, liberation, and critical inquiry through reasoning and debate; and much more! The debate videos referenced in the episode can be viewed in the original Dharma Chat…
People in this episode
Host: Daniel Aitken
Guests: H. E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, Atisha Mathur, Fabrizio Pallotti
Topics covered
- Buddhist education
- critical thinking
- Western Dharma study
- collaboration in academia
- debate as a tool
- Four Noble Truths
- AI and education
Keywords
- Buddhism
- education
- critical thinking
- debate
- Dharma
- Serkong Institute
- Four Noble Truths
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Serkong Institute, Association Manjushri Lotsaw, University of Pisa, Wisdom Academy
Books & works: The Debate Between Wisdom and Ignorance, Science of Mind and Epistemology for Critical Thinking and Contempl
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