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Protocolbot 6e7c03b373 fix: address all audit issues across seed library
CRITICAL (3 files replaced):
- Removed pipe-ceremony (sacred Anishinaabe ceremony)
- Removed condolence-ceremony (restricted Haudenosaunee ritual)
- Removed land-back-rematriation-gathering (named living Ohlone individuals)
- Added: indigenous-council-circle, grief-tending-council,
  land-stewardship-council (non-sacred governance protocols)
- Added: truth-and-reconciliation-circle (to replace removed duplicate)

HIGH (6 fixes):
- Palaver Tree: removed 'West African' from title
- Cabildo Council: renamed from generic 'Community Council'
- Brotherhood Reasoning: removed exoticizing 'ganja-assisted' framing
- Talking Stick Circle: broadened from Ohlone-specific to pan-Indigenous
- Buddhist Debate: replaced controversial NKT source with Sera Monastery
- Oxford Citizens' Assembly: corrected attribution to Oxford City Council

MEDIUM (11 fixes):
- Nyabinghi: noted East African roots of the term
- Shellmound Walk: reframed as contemporary practice
- Jmaa/Imbizo/Ronda: noted gender evolution toward inclusion
- Utari: clarified as kin network term, not practice name
- Samata Melan: clarified as Ambedkarite-inspired contemporary practice
- Ancestor Reverence: removed defensive 'not superstition' framing
- Bod Kyi Gtam: improved source specificity
- Restorative Conference: named specific Indigenous traditions
- Open Space: specified Liberia context for Owen's inspiration

LOW (14 fixes):
- Added macrons to Māori words in pōwhiri
- Contextualized coca leaf in ayni/minga
- Added specific tags (fijian, tongan, samoan) to talanoa
- Improved source URLs for yangban, xeer, indaba, meidung
- Removed duplicate appreciative-apology (kept the better version)
- Clarified council-practice as contemporary synthesis

99 files changed, net 100 protocols in library.
2026-07-08 13:37:27 -06:00

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id: buddhist-debate
title: Buddhist Debate
description: >-
A formal debate practice from Tibetan Buddhist monastic education in which
a challenger poses questions and a defender answers, using prescribed
gestures and logical forms. Originating in the Indian Buddhist pramana
tradition and developed in Tibetan Gelug monasteries such as Sera and
Drepung.
source: Sera Monastic University / Daniel Perdue, "The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate"
source_url: https://www.studybuddhism.com/
tags: [tibetan-buddhist, debate, education, logic, monastic]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
- headline: Set the roles
description: >-
One person takes the role of challenger (asking) and the other the
defender (answering). The challenger stands; the defender sits.
- headline: Pose the thesis
description: >-
The challenger poses a thesis or question drawn from the text under
study, framing it in the prescribed logical form.
- headline: Defender answers
description: >-
The defender gives a one-word or short answer that commits to a
position, which the challenger will now test.
- headline: Challenger tests with consequences
description: >-
The challenger follows with a sequence of logical consequences
(thal-ching), using claps and gestures to mark each step, seeking to
draw the defender into contradiction.
- headline: Concede or restate
description: >-
The defender concedes if cornered, or restates the position more
precisely. The debate ends when the thesis is either confirmed or
shown incoherent.
outcome: >-
The defender's understanding of the thesis is tested and sharpened
through public logical pressure; the audience follows the reasoning.
practice: >-
The gestures and claps are not theatre — they mark logical steps and
keep the debate's pace. Honour the form; it enables rigour.