[Buddha-l] Multi-cause vs single-cause

Richard P. Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Fri Mar 11 14:26:22 MST 2005


On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 13:40 +0800, Wong Weng Fai wrote:

> > As far as I am aware, all these claims arise from the nyaayaanusaarin
> > Buddhists (those who rely on reasoning), not from the aagamaanusaarin
> > Buddhists (those who rely on scriptural tradition).
> 
> How interesting! I was not aware of this distinction. Anyway, the Kalama
> Sutta says that both are not reliable (by itself) :)

In that case, I see no reason to believe the Kalama sutta, since it is
merely a scripture that is unreliable by itself.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico



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