[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c6.s5.t2.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t2.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.2) In \*Majjhimanikāya\* (\*sutta\* 99) Buddha proclaims that he is not an Ekāntavādin, he is a Vibhajyavādin. Through Vibhajyavāda, Buddha presented his own analytical method. Vibhajyavāda consisted of division, classification, qualified negations or qualified affirmation. The analysis is to be made by way of questioning each part of a theory to be discussed, with the acceptance or rejection of each one on fair grounds. Vasubandhu defines a Vibhajyavādin in the following terms: - [Previous: c6.s5.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.1) - [Next: c6.s5.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.3) - [Up: c6.s5.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2) ## Cites (1) - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.2) · Pramāṇa