Venerable Thubten Damcho leads a review of the debate format.

Finishing Chapter 10, covering sections "Checking Our Meditation Experiences" and "Signs of Progress" and beginning Chapter 11, covering the section "My Day".

The Abbey community continues practicing debates.

Covering the section "Realistic Expectations" in Chapter 10.

The Abbey community practices the debates they wrote with each other.

Teaching from the last two sections of Chapter 9, on memorization, debate, and role models.

Helping the class practice different answers that the defender can give in response to statements made by the challenger.

Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method of hearing, reflecting and meditating on the teachings.

Leading short debates going through the five answers a defender can give to a challenger.

Continuing the teaching from Chapter 9, 'Tools for the Path', exploring the ideas of faith, purification and merit.