The often-quoted discourse of the Buddha, the Kalama Sutta has been described as “the Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry,” and though the discourse certainly does counter the decrees of dogmatism and ...

It was to satisfy the thirst of Kalamas to learn what is right that Buddha delivered the Kalama Sutta under ten criteria The call for independent thinking and free inquiry in Kalama Sutta, Buddha’s ...

About 25 years ago I had the good fortune to drive one of the world's preeminent Buddhist teachers, Lama Ole Nydahl, from Kennedy Airport to the Diamond Way Buddhism Center in Manhattan. At one point ...

The instruction to the Kalamas is justly well-known for its encouragement of free inquiry; a teaching that discourage dogmatism, fanaticism, intolerance and bigotry The Dhamma requires each individual ...