Buddhist Traditions And Tibetan Schools/Buddhist Logic

Question 1

3 Major Buddhist Traditions

Answer 1

Originally 18, now 3
1) Theravada Tradition - spread by King Ashoka in SE Asia
2) Dharmaguta Tradition - spread from Nalanda to China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
3) Mulasarvastivada Tradition - spread from Nalanda to Himalayan belt, Tibet and Mongolia

Question 2

2 Major Buddhist Divisions

Answer 2

1) Pali Language based Buddhism/ Theravada
2) Sanskrit Language based Buddhism/ Mahayana/ Vajrayana

Question 3

4 Major Tibetan Traditions

Answer 3

1) Nyingma
2) Kagyu
3) Sakya
4) Gelug

Question 4

4 Minor Tibetan Traditions

Answer 4

1) Shalu
2) Jonang
3) Shije
4) Bodong

Question 5

Father of Buddhist Logic

Answer 5

Archarya Dignaga in the 6th century AD who wrote Pramanasamuccaya

Question 6

4 Parts of a Complete Syllogism

Answer 6

1) Topic
2) Predicate
3) Sign (reasons)
4) Illustration
1-3 are the thesis/ probandum. What you want to prove

Question 7

3 Modes of a Valid/ Good Syllogism

Answer 7

1) Property of the subject - the topic must fulfill the reason
2) Forward Pervasion - anything that qualifies the reason should qualify the predicate
3) Reverse/ Counter Pervasion - whatever doesn’t fulfill the predicate should not fulfill the reason

Question 8

4 Modes of Relationships

Answer 8

1) Synonomous - A=B, B=A
2) Contradictory- A and B are always different
3) Three Mode - Whatever is A should be B, B may not be A, neither A nor B
4) Four Mode - What is A and B, what is A may not be B, what is B may not be A, neither A nor B