Kalama Sutta
The Kalama Sutta is one of the sutras often cited in the Theravada Buddhism. It presents primarily the question of a source of authority to forge a representation of the world.
Content
Kalamas the inhabitants of Kesaputta, question Gautama Buddha : different masters lay down various doctrines, and they know who to believe. Buddha replied that they can not trust:
- or what has been acquired by virtue of having heard it repeatedly;
- nor upon tradition;
- nor upon rumor;
- nor that it is in writing;
- or because of an assumption;
- nor upon an axiom;
- nor upon specious reasoning;
- or a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over;
- or whether the apparent ability of someone else;
- nor upon the consideration 'The monk is our teacher'
Instead of unreliable sources, Gautama proposes to abandon the bad things, blamed, censured by the wise, that lead to unhappiness.
On this principle, Gautama then proposed that the absence of hatred, absence of greed, lack of ignorance are positive. He taught the "four immeasurable" that are kindness , compassion, joy and equanimity.
He taught four consolation to the disciple of the noble, free of hatred:
- if the shares are a "fruit" in an afterlife, then he will win a paradise;
- if there is no beyond, at least in this world he will live happy;
- if he who does evil suffers this, it will not be the case;
- Finally, if he who does evil does not suffer, anyway it will not have to endure.
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