People who quote the Kalama sutta usually ignore this one:
""Excellent, Sariputta.
Excellent. Those who have not known, seen, penetrated, realized, or
attained it by means of discernment would have to take it on
CONVICTION [shraddha, i.e. faith] in others that the faculty of
conviction... persistence... mindfulness... concentration...
discernment, when developed & pursued, gains a footing in the
Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal &
consummation"-- Pubbakotthaka Sutta
You have to understand the Kalamas are non-Buddhists and very
sceptical minded, who have not made up their mind who to follow [of
course by the end of the sutta, they follow the Buddha], this
passage i cite here is for followers of the Buddha. Who have made
up their minds to follow the Buddha.
Faith [shraddha] is one of the five faculties and one of
the five powers, it is a postive mental factor found in all
wholesome minds in the desire realm.
/\
