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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do… - The Buddha
" "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis,
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all
then accept it and live up to it
(Anguttara Nikaya, Vol 1, Kalama Sutta)
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About The Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit/Devanagari: सिद्धार्थ गौतम Siddhārtha Gautama, c. 563/624 – c. 483/544 BCE) or Siddhattha Gotama in Pali,; also called the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyamuni Buddha ("Buddha, Sage of the Shakyas") or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa), mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.
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Alternative Names:
Buddha
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Bhagwan Buddha
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Prabudha
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Munish
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Lord Buddha
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Sakya-muni
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Shakyasimha
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Devarajalu
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Buddhadeva
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Sakyasinha
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Tathagata Buddha
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Trigyesh
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Shakyamuni
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Sakyamuni
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Sugata
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Fo
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Khajit
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Trigya
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Mahatma Buddha
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Gotama Buddha
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Padmayani
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Lokapradīpa
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Gautama Buddha
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Gautam Buddha
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
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