I’m inviting you to read these 10 lines below in good faith: read them and see whether you’d agree with them. Let me just say at the onset too that this is a Charter of Free Inquiry which advises us not to accept any fact or lesson blindly without first seeking verification from the wise. Now, these 10 short points are:
- Do not strongly believe what you hear just because you have heard it for a long time.
- Do not follow tradition blindly merely because it has been practised in that way for many generations.
- Do not be quick to listen to rumours.
- Do not confirm anything just because it agrees with your scriptures.
- Do not foolishly make assumptions.
- Do not abruptly draw conclusions by what you see and hear.
- Do not be fooled by outward appearances.
- Do not hold on tightly to any view or idea just because you are comfortable with it.
- Do not accept as fact anything that you yourself find to be logical.
- Do not be convinced of anything out of respect and deference to your spiritual teachers.
Extract of KALAMA SUTTA very precise and practical to daily life.