“Of course you are uncertain, Kalamas. Of course you are in doubt. When
there are reasons for doubt, uncertainty is born. So in this case, Kalamas,
don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture,
by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by
probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you
know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are
blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when
adopted and carried out, lead to harm and to suffering’ — then you should
abandon them.
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