Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

How do we come to know anything, by the lights of early Buddhist dharma? We will look at this key philosophical problem, illuminated by words from one key sutta, and a more recent, deep work of 20th century commentarial analysis. 📙 Check out my new book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://books2read.com/buddhisthandbook 🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes:   / dougsseculardharma   🧡 You can also make donations through: https://paypal.me/dougsdharma ☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org. 🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: https://digginthedharma.com/ ✅ Book: KN Jayatilleke, Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — https://amzn.to/3tdG2cq ✅ Videos mentioned: Spiritual Humility in Early Buddhism: Lessons from the Cankī Sutta —    • Spiritual Humility in Early Buddhism: Less...   Humility and Skepticism in Buddhist Practice: Problems with the Cankī Sutta —    • Humility and Skepticism in Buddhist Practi...   Who Was Sariputta/Śariputra? (Life of the Buddha's Chief Disciple) —    • Who Was Sariputta/Śariputra? (Life of the ...   ✅ Suttas mentioned: The Kālāmas: https://suttacentral.net/an3.65/en/su... https://suttacentral.net/mn95/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/an4.193/en/s... https://suttacentral.net/mn76/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn12/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn26/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/dn1/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn56/en/sujato Webpage: https://www.dougsdharma.com/ Facebook:   / onlinedharmainstitute   Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma Twitter:   / dougsdharma   ❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons: Anonymous (3) John Oborne DunJing Jimmy Maa Debbie Mattison Fine Art Steve H. Ron Peat Matthew Smith Shantha Wengappuli Karma_CAC Jorge Seguel Christopher Apostolof GailJM Brett Merritt David Bell T Pham VCR Upayadhi Andi and Erik ATGuerrero686 Michael Scherrer khobe schofield Alex Perdomo Benji Forsyth Blaze Way Sonny Flink Steve Marlor Joy L Lee Andrew Tom Anthony Tucker Karlee R Ethan M Billy in Singapore Olivia Otter Carl Lennartson xiao mao Jeff Harvey Andrew Ingrouille Kenneth Grandchamp Doug Fonner Rene Gariepy Russell Needham Smoggyrob Mac Roja Bernardo Clémence Ortega Douville Kwan Alex Scott Johnston Richard J Beninger Nathanael O. Arnquist SaturnianMandala Trin P Letesa Isler Dorien Izel Robert Paterson Jake Tobiason Louvenia Ortega Steve S. Richard Rappuhn Sarah Kress John Aaron Paul Niklewski Kong Ing Kai Dave Gorman rhys reed Osanda Wijeratne Billy Scarlett Farrow 00:00 Intro 01:54 Jayatilleke’s book and the Kālāmas 05:18 Two illegitimate sources of knowledge 06:31 Problems with authority 08:24 Problems with reason and logic 11:46 The Buddha’s positive epistemology 13:36 The Buddha’s distinctive empiricism Note: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!