Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
This is fearlessness, and it is love
2007-07-15 14:12:39 · 23 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
btw ... it's from the Kalama Sutra.
2007-07-15 14:17:45 · answer #1 · answered by bodhidave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
This is why I choose to believe that if every living person follow the ten commandments. There would be peace.
All we'd have to do is say NO to killing. After you have analysed this to death. See what you think.
2007-07-16 15:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Marla ™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it. The truth does not belong to the majority nor does morality. We fear the written word more than we use it to help us grow. We must question all and only when we have exhausted our questioning does the truth appear. Fear can never lead to enlightenment, only thought mixed with compassion.
When there is nothing written, then doctrine is sound...
...of course that doesn't stop us megalomaniacs from trying to write stuff.
2007-07-15 14:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a good quote. I like a lot of what Buddha had to teach and say.
2007-07-15 14:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by Forgotten Junk 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
ya its a nis 1. but think even after observation and analysis if u select and after tat if u seem to b wrong wat could v do... instead of analysin each and every part of life and then takin decision jus liv your way it leads u.. life is very short spend it happily by njoyin rather then analysin and searchin 4 reasons
2007-07-15 14:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's great. Unfortunately, lots of people are stuck with a clouded mind.
2007-07-15 14:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by doglover 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great quote. Ironically though, if you follow it's advice Yahoo Answers would be null and void. ;)
2007-07-15 14:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by CaliMama 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The things I like about Buddhism are that it doesn't Judge like Xianity; it doesn't threaten me with hell, like Xianity; it doesn't say I have to worship anything, like Xianity; it really does allow me freedom, UNlike Xianity.
2007-07-15 14:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like it, follows closer to my beliefs then most things I've seen.
2007-07-15 14:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by Nick T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor Philo, can't ditinguish between an action state,ment and one requiring belief.
2007-07-15 14:18:19 · answer #10 · answered by neil s 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋