Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00661)

Although I am not Cass, here is the passage. It is also quoted in the 
Complete Works of HPB, published by Wheaton, and offhand I don't know which 
volume it is in.

Dennis

Buddha_Says

Our Lord Buddha has said that we must not believe in a thing said, merely 
because it is said; nor in traditions because they have been handed down 
from antiquity; nor rumors, as such; nor writings by sages, because sages 
wrote them; nor fancies that we may suspect to have been inspired in us by a 
deva (that is, in presumed spiritual inspiration); nor from inferences drawn 
from some haphazard assumption we may have made; nor because of what seems 
an analogical necessity; nor on the mere authority of our teachers or 
masters. But we are to believe when the writing, doctrine, or saying is 
corroborated by our own reason and consciousness.

See the KALAMA SUTTA of the ANGUTTARANIKAYA, as quoted in A BUDDHIST 
CATECHISM, by H. S. Olcott, President of the Theosophical Society, pp. 55, 
56, Colombo, Ceylon, 1881

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S F" <sven2004@telia.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:16 AM
Subject: Theos-World To Cass Silva -


> Dear Cass -
>
> What text are you referring to.
>
> Sveinn Freyr
> --------------------
> From: Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:27:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
> "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no
> matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your 
> own
> common sense."
> [Gautama Buddha, 563BCE-483BCE]