Kalama Sutta

Don't worry, I'm not turning into a religious freak and neither is this blog. It's just that I have this poster titled "Kalama Sutta" hanging in my study and I felt it meant something, especially cause we're living in a superstitious and conservative community that adopts the "I don't care the reason, I'll blindly follow tradition" attitude, so I just wanted to share it with you guys.
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Do not simply believe what you hear just because you have heard it for a long time.
Do not follow tradition blindly merely because it has been practised in that way for many generations.
Do not be quick to listen to rumours.
Do not confirm anything just because it agrees with your scriptures.
Do not foolishly make assumptions.
Do not abruptly draw conclusions by what you see and hear.
Do not be fooled by outward appearances.
Do not hold on tightly to any view ot idea just because you are comfortable with it.
Do not accept as fact anything just because you yourself find it logical.
Do not be convinced of anything out of respect and deference to your spiritual teachers.

You should go beyond opinion and belief. You can rightly reject anything which when accepted, practised and perfected leads to more aversion, more craving and more delusion. They are not beneficial and are to be avoided.
Conversely, you can rightly accept anything which when accepted and practised leads to unconditional love, contentment and wisdom. These things allow you time and space to develop a happy and peaceful mind.
This should be your criteria on what is and what is not the turth; on what should be and what should not be the spiritual practice.

{THE BUDDHA}
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Well, that's what's written on the poster, word for word. Anyway, I think it means a lot because to be honest, we do read about "bomoh"s cheating and some times even raping gullible and (might I add with no guilt) foolish idiots who are too blinded by tradition and belief to actually think whether they are being played a fool by these strangers who claim to be someone they are not.
OK, I have a lot more things to write that doesn't really go with this post so I'll continue in another one.