Kalama Sutra
- Angutarra Nikaya
3.65
Teaching
given by the Buddha given to the Kalama
people:
Do
not go by revelation;
Do not go by tradition;
Do not go by hearsay;
Do not go on the authority of sacred texts;
Do not go on the grounds of pure logic;
Do not go by a view that seems rational;
Do not go by reflecting on mere appearances;
Do not go along with a considered view because you agree with
it;
Do not go along on the grounds that the person is
competent;
Do not go along because [thinking] 'the recluse is our
teacher'.
Kalamas, when you
yourselves know: 'These things are unwholesome, these things are
blameworthy; these things are censured by the wise; and when
undertaken and observed, these things lead to harm and ill, abandon
them...
Kalamas,
when you know for yourselves: These are wholesome; these things are
not blameworthy; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken
and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness, having
undertaken them, abide in
them.
to what i learn, Kalama are very logical and
knowledge based people. hence Buddha have to use this technical
method. the last para is still the important point to abide in the dharma
after they had reached certain faith in the
understanding.
to me, this depending on the type of people. it won't work on Ah
Gong and Ah Ma though. :)
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