“It is proper for you, Kalamas, to doubt, to be uncertain. Come, Kalamas, do not go upon what has been heard by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; or upon what is in a sacred teaching; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias toward a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, “this monk is your teacher.”
Kalamas, when you know for yourselves: these things are bad, these things are blamable; these things are censured by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to harm and ill: then abandon them.”
“Suppose there is no hereafter and there is no fruit of deeds done well or ill. Yet in this world, here and now, free from hatred, free from malice, safe and sound, and happy, I keep myself.” THE BUDDHA
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Zen Poetry of Dogen
Eihei Dogen More notes and comments are in process of being posted..............................
This page contains some of my research notes from books on Buddhism. Also included are some of my notes from a variety of articles including temple Dharma presentations I have attended.
