2018-01-28: Kalama Sutta




MN Zen Meditation Center: Sunday Talks show

Summary: Talk given by Ben Connelly. "Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another's seeming ability; nor because someone is your teacher. Kalamas, when you yourselves know: 'these things are harmful; these things are blamable; these things are censured by the wise; these things lead to harm and ill,' abandon them." - Buddha of the Pali Canon