Knowing for Yourself ~ The Buddha ~ Kalama Sutta AN 3.65 - Theravadin Pali Buddhism

This is a reading for contemplation of the Kalama Sutta. The
instructions to the Kalamas  is renowned for its
encouragement of free inquiry; the spirit of the sutta signifies
a teaching that is exempt from fanaticism, bigotry, dogmatism,
and intolerance. As Thanisarro says, "The reasonableness of the
Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching, is chiefly evident in its
welcoming careful examination at all stages of the path to
enlightenment. Indeed the whole course of training for wisdom
culminating in the purity of the consummate one (the arahant) is
intimately bound up with examination and analysis of things
internal.."


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