"Believe nothing unless..." quote
Re: "Believe nothing unless..." quote
theres a book of quotes by jack kornfield, which are often attributed to the Buddha. Maybe a Kornfield scholar knows where the quote originates?
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Re: "Believe nothing unless..." quote
I did a little poking around and I found a statement in a lecture by Henry S. Olcott, presented and published in 1880, which I think is more than likely the original source for what eventually became this "quote":
Buddha said that we should believe nothing upon authority, not even his own, but believe because our reason told us the assertion was true.
Everything is divided
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Nothing is complete
Everything looks impressive
Do not be deceived - David Byrne
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Re: "Believe nothing unless..." quote
The similarity of wording does point in that direction.dzogchungpa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:17 pmI did a little poking around and I found a statement in a lecture by Henry S. Olcott, presented and published in 1880, which I think is more than likely the original source for what eventually became this "quote":
Buddha said that we should believe nothing upon authority, not even his own, but believe because our reason told us the assertion was true.
But I had to laugh at the ironies to be found in his assertion, near the end of the lecture, that, "We have even manufactured a religion to suit ourselves out of Asiatic materials, and think it better than any religion that was ever heard of before."

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Re: "Believe nothing unless..." quote
Thank you very much dzogchungpa!
Amusing indeed!Kim O'Hara wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:45 amBut I had to laugh at the ironies to be found in his assertion, near the end of the lecture, that, "We have even manufactured a religion to suit ourselves out of Asiatic materials, and think it better than any religion that was ever heard of before."
Ho! All the possible appearances and existences of samsara and nirvana have the same source, yet two paths and two results arise as the magical display of awareness and unawareness.
HO NANG SRI KHOR DAE THAMCHE KUN ZHI CHIG LAM NYI DRAE BU NYI RIG DANG MA RIG CHOM THRUL TE
HO NANG SRI KHOR DAE THAMCHE KUN ZHI CHIG LAM NYI DRAE BU NYI RIG DANG MA RIG CHOM THRUL TE
Re: "Believe nothing unless..." quote
in this post are named some examples of those who have manufactured a new religion to suit themselves out of Asiatic materials in translation, and who seem to think it is better than any religion that has ever been:weitsicht wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:05 pmThank you very much dzogchungpa!
Amusing indeed!Kim O'Hara wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:45 amBut I had to laugh at the ironies to be found in his assertion, near the end of the lecture, that, "We have even manufactured a religion to suit ourselves out of Asiatic materials, and think it better than any religion that was ever heard of before."
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