lingusthefungus wrote:
but often, the older generations will tell their children do not question and follow their way. this leads to people like me confuse during my early years and following superstitious. in fact there are sg people still think buddha can make them win 4D or have some forces to protect them from harm. while actually everything is karma and the way to change or minimise karma is to cultivate a good heart
Kalama Sutta
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 rumoured 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 conductive to the good and benefit of one and all
then accept it and live up to it.
Buddha
(Anguttara Nikaya Vol. 1, 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)
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