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**Effopsytupt** · 08-05-2011, 11:54 PM

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” Many have recommended that it would be more beneficial to read the proper full scriptural translation of the Kalama (or also known as Kesamutti) Sutta in its total/proper context and not the 'questionable' partial versions commonly found online for some time now, sadly also by some 'Buddhist' sites which do not check their sources. I do agree with one Bhikkhu who remarked that even so, one may not assume that all translations are 100% accurate but to some extent, I rather place some amount of conditional trust in those who have linguistics & related experience with the proper Pali texts and Dhamma practice to back up...

I recall this being a parallel issue as well back when I was a Christian, a similar quandary with some contemporary English translations of the Bible (the King James version being the most 'notorious'), some of which departed from the original meaning from the Greek or Hebrew of full passages and off-the-cuff Gospel/Epistle half quotes...

There's also some recommended pondering on what the Sutta meant: 1 2 3 4

All the best in your endeavors.

08-05-2011, 11:54 PM	#8
Effopsytupt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” Many have recommended that it would be more beneficial to read the proper full scriptural translation of the Kalama (or also known as Kesamutti) Sutta in its total/proper context and not the 'questionable' partial versions commonly found online for some time now, sadly also by some 'Buddhist' sites which do not check their sources. I do agree with one Bhikkhu who remarked that even so, one may not assume that all translations are 100% accurate but to some extent, I rather place some amount of conditional trust in those who have linguistics & related experience with the proper Pali texts and Dhamma practice to back up... I recall this being a parallel issue as well back when I was a Christian, a similar quandary with some contemporary English translations of the Bible (the King James version being the most 'notorious'), some of which departed from the original meaning from the Greek or Hebrew of full passages and off-the-cuff Gospel/Epistle half quotes... There's also some recommended pondering on what the Sutta meant: 1 2 3 4 All the best in your endeavors.
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