Kalama Sutta and checking experiences

[rowyourboat]

What do people think of greed, hatred and delusion as determinants of what to do or not to do?

with metta

Matheesha

[Ron-The-Elder]

What do people think of greed, hatred and delusion as determinants of what to do or not to do?

with metta

Matheesha

What we think is not relevant. What the results were of our intentional actions resulting from these hindrances is relevant. In Buddhas admonition to his son, Rahula, he asked the purpose of a mirror. "Reflection", was the answer given. Buddha responded, "Just so! Rahula." "And in this manner we must reflect upon the consequences of our intentional actions."...as to their probable outcomes. The hindrances of greed, hatred, and delusion, especially clinging to the concept of a delusional self, and ego is an almost certain path to the hell realms...was Buddha's warning not only to Rahula, his son, but also to all of his Bhikkhus.

[Ron-The-Elder]

Read the following this morning:

To call something a foundation of the Buddhist Teachings is only correct if firstly, it is a principle which aims at the extinction of Dukkha [2] and, secondly, it has a logic that one can see for oneself without having to believe others. These are the important constituents of a foundation.

The Buddha refused to have any dealing with those things which don't lead to the extinction of Dukkha. Take the question of whether or not there. is rebirth. What is reborn? How is it reborn? What is its kammic inheritance [3] ? These questions are not aimed at the extinction of Dukkha. That being so they are not Buddhist teaching and they are not connected with it. They do not lie in the sphere of Buddhism. Also, the one who asks about such matters has no choice but to indis­criminately believe the answer he's given, because the one who answers is not going to be able to produce any proofs, he's just going to speak according to his memory and feeling. The listener can't see for himself and so has to blindly believe "the other's words. Little by little the matter strays from Dhamma until it's something else altogether, unconnected with the extinction of Dukkha.

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