Do not go by

It is proper for you to doubt, to be uncertain in a doubtful matter, warering does arise do not go by hearsay ; do not go by revelation; do not go by tradition; do not go by hearsay ; do not go on the authority of sacred texts; do not go on the grounds of pure logics; do not go by a view that seems rational; do not go by reflecting on mere appearances; do not go alone with a considered view because you agree with it;do not go along on the ground that the person is competent; do not go along thinking the recluse is our teacher. When you know yourselves : these things are unwholesome, these thing are blameworthy; these things are censured by the wise; and when undertaken and obser2, these things lead to harm and ill abandon them

It is not surprising then that Albert Einstein, the icons scientific genius of the twentieth century declared that:

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal god avoil dogmas and theology. Convering both the natural and theology. Convering both the natural and the spiritual it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description if there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs, it would be buddhism.