[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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