The Path of Reasoning

The Path of Reasoning | May 22, 2014

Gold merchants do not merely accept the seller’s praise of his goods; rather, they use a variety of methods to examine the quality of the merchandise before they make their purchase decision. Similarly, the Buddha said, do not accept my teachings out of faith in me, but rather out of your own confidence in my words—confidence that you have reached as a result of your own intelligent analysis.

—Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso, “Dissecting Devotion”