What is the Sutra that talks about what to trust

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Christopherxx
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What is the Sutra that talks about what to trust

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What is the sutra and or passage that talks about what to trust.

It is something like "Don't trust something because your told, don't trust ritual and history, don't trust tradition, don't trust sacred texts, don't trust logic, etc."

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Christopherxx wrote:What is the sutra and or passage that talks about what to trust.

It is something like "Don't trust something because your told, don't trust ritual and history, don't trust tradition, don't trust sacred texts, don't trust logic, etc."

:)
It seems you are thinking of the "Kalama Sutta": http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/do-not- ... -heard-it/. A very minor sutta in which its importance has been blown out of proportion by some audiences.
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AN 3.65, Kalama Sutta

If you read it, you might see that it's more nuanced than "Don't trust something because your told, don't trust ritual and history, don't trust tradition, don't trust sacred texts, don't trust logic, etc."
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
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canki sutta too. Explanation of proper approach to dharma, and anything actually. Balancing trust, conviction, confidence with healthy inquiry.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Thanks guys. There both goodies :)
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Mkoll wrote:AN 3.65, Kalama Sutta

If you read it, you might see that it's more nuanced than "Don't trust something because your told, don't trust ritual and history, don't trust tradition, don't trust sacred texts, don't trust logic, etc."
That's very true. Here are some articles about the sutta:
A Look at the Kalama Sutta by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Lost in Quotation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Right to Ask Questions by Larry Rosenberg

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Lotus_Bitch wrote:
Christopherxx wrote:What is the sutra and or passage that talks about what to trust.

It is something like "Don't trust something because your told, don't trust ritual and history, don't trust tradition, don't trust sacred texts, don't trust logic, etc."

:)
It seems you are thinking of the "Kalama Sutta": http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/do-not- ... -heard-it/. A very minor sutta in which its importance has been blown out of proportion by some audiences.
It's probably not quite fair to just call it a "minor sutta," but certainly fair to say it suffers from inaccurate reproduction.
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