Mind Wandering DEBATE - Budhist Monk and Scientist

[@thuptenchoklang6108]

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[@pemchen]

Seeing first time tibetan buddhist debate performing smoothly in English language...Awesome! 👏👏🙏

[@tenzind4175]

Fascinating Topics ...Todays world ...Such debate is very helpfull for every educated and enthusiasts people 🙏🙏

[@theodorewinston3891]

some comment that the clapping (and yelping) is distracting. fyi: it IS a cultural thing, but it is also INTENDED to be distracting, so that over time the defender can practice -- and become good at -- thinking clearly under duress. some debaters even claim the reverse: that the clap can actually help bring the mind into sharp focus, like a splash of cold water. depends on how you are conditioned or how you choose to condition yourself in response to the clap (to the challenge prompt). are you as weak as your first and most naiive reaction to something or can you overcome it and become stronger mentally?

[@Void-Null-Panda]

It actually cleared my thoughts and made me attentive to the video.

[@hellboundtruck123]

Well researched.

[@twnfaem]

This is excellent. Thanks so much for this. I have been looking for something like this for a long time. I'd like to see more of this.

[@pinksheep406]

This is just me but the monk won the debate by a mile.

[@TreeintheQuad]

Much respect to the answerer. He wasn’t afraid to take a risk in order to possibly learn something. Great questioning as well.

[@hellboundtruck123]

Brilliant to see debate in English, fascinating from the point of view of a person from Ladakh.

[@Iiamli007]

The clap is standard in Tibetan monastic debate in case you don't know it.

[@narender64]

No sound ?

[@dragonsword343]

Well done! Though the psychologist shouldn't have conceded that kicking the ball is not a thought causally linked to winning the game. The thought of wanting to kick the ball is a strict behavioral reaction to the desire to win the game. That would've closed the gap on meta-cognition, though there were other iffy concessions which he shouldn't have made. Sarva Mangalam!

[@thehiddenyogi8557]

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[@Bluepat2010]

look very different from buddhism’s monk in Thailand.

[@hellboundtruck123]

This is Nalanda Buddhism aka Tibetan school, they debate.

[@jcjc4979]

love the bar stool. I was expecting a waitress too with pitcher ... ha ha just kidding. Awesome debate, first time seeing in english language. keep up the good work

[@spigney4623]

The clapping is fascinating. It reminds me of zoomer style video editing

[@madmartian2]

What about ADHD? Also I feel like the words purpose, motive, or intent were surprisingly absent or underused here.

[@bryantrogers5596]

Yea I think I can when a debate fight #possible 🎵 #debatefight

[@richg6395]

Jeez all that clapping seems unfairly distracting in a debate. Hope Trump doesn't see this before the debate tonight...

[@Iiamli007]

Agree. But it is Tibetan monastic debate style standard.

[@theodorewinston3891]

you're right about it being distracting. but it is the intention to create a distraction so that over time defender can practice and become good at thinking clearly under duress. some also claim the reverse: that the clap can actually help bring the mind into sharp focus, like a splash of cold water. depends on how you are conditioned or how you choose to condition yourself in response to the clap (to the challenge prompt). it's good training!

[@huraiquireojariveri3820]

@@theodorewinston3891 The clapping is also symbolic, signifying the union of wisdom and method. The beginning of the debate usually starts with some hand gestures as well, involving raising the hand upwards in a symbol of lifting up all sentient beings and a motion with the left hand which symbolises closing the door to rebirth. The point of debate is actually to expand the mind and not at all to be right or to embarrass the other person. The clap also means it is now time for the person to respond or answer the question. It's not used to force a point. I do find it distracting as well, but they do train in this for a long time. Tibetan Debate is a high level skill.

[@hellboundtruck123]

@@huraiquireojariveri3820vajrayana explaination 👌🏼

[@rohitsawant4452]

​@@Iiamli007 developed in India

[@Iiamli007]

Very interesting!

[@madmartian2]

It follows the lotion on the skin or else it gets a clap again.

[@dianenelson112]

Where is the other half of the debate, this is only a Monk asking questions to a Scientist? I want to watch the Scientist ask questions to the Monk.

[@Rheologist]

This follows the traditional format of Buddhist "debate." One person is supposed to assert a truth claim and try to defend it while the other person asks questions and tries to show that the claim being defended is untrue by leading the conversation to the point where it is clear that the truth claim contradicts already accepted claims.

[@dianenelson112]

@@Rheologist Well that description fits more to an interrogation than a debate.

[@Rheologist]

@@dianenelson112 alright then call it an interrogation. Theres nothing wrong with that

[@5piles]

this isnt the inept debate and logical systems derived by western academia this is indian logic syllogisms, similar to the socratic method but far superior, which got preserved in tibet.

[@RhythmicFreedom]

I think you're boxing yourself in with limited vocabulary. MANY modern scientific processes are carried out this way without being labeled as "interrogation". In debate, this is called "defending a position" and every western PhD student spend years preparing for it, without considering a final "interrogation." Hope that helps, and that you are well!@@dianenelson112

[@unays]

Oh god, all that clapping stuff made me press the stop and close button.

[@pinksheep406]

The debate uses the Tibetan style of debate where clapping is used to throw the opponents train of thought off as this is allowed. Typically the offending side will stand while the defending side sits during the debate.

[@anon4-0-4]

Educate yourself

[@albundy9597]

That clapping is violence.

[@jakemode]

What's with the clapping?

[@fingernecklace4817]

There's almost a kind of dance that goes with this formal, Tibetan form of debate

[@thinlaychoegyal1696]

To bring the attention to the debating topic.

[@faithfulshadow]

You should check out Tibetan style of debating.. when they throw question … the questioner will clap his hand to stress his point.. there is particular style of clapping and body movements… every day around evening in Tibetan Monastery.. You will see group of people practising… you have to quick thinker… Here in this videos, both the questioner and person giving answer does take time to think carefully… when this Debate were in Tibetan… one might think person were fighting… it will go intense and very rapid question… nd quick answer..

[@peterbarker8249]

...??? ..?.. who's the monk??.. .(can't you t'hell).. ...account (you).....

[@pinksheep406]

This is just me but the monk won the debate by a mile.