{"id":6208,"date":"2010-05-17T17:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6208"},"modified":"2010-05-17T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T09:06:01","slug":"double-insurance-for-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/double-insurance-for-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Insurance for the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/141.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/141.jpg?resize=111%2C111\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/141.jpg?w=111&amp;ssl=1 111w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/141.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe teaching that<br \/>\n\u2018we  should not simply adhere blindly to scriptures\u2019<br \/>\nis itself in a  scripture, in the Kalama Sutta.<\/p>\n<p>Which means that<br \/>\nwe should not  adhere blindly to this teaching too,<br \/>\nand also question if it makes  sense.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it makes great sense to intelligently question,<br \/>\nboth  this and all other scriptures (Buddhist or not).<br \/>\nThis is the double  insurance of the Kalama Sutta!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The charter of free enquiry is a  teaching<br \/>\nthat insures against possible false teachings,<br \/>\nincluding  itself!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How the Quest for Truth Begins<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/how-the-quest-for-truth-begins\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/05\/how-the-quest-for-truth-begins<\/a><br \/>\nKalama Sutta<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/tipitaka\/an\/an03\/an03.065.soma.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/tipitaka\/an\/an03\/an03.065.soma.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teaching that \u2018we should not simply adhere blindly to scriptures\u2019 is itself in a scripture, in the Kalama Sutta&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-6208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-truth","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}