Dear Thomas,

Bucknell's Pali-English Sutra Correspondences gives it as

MAA 16 = T1438.

Sukhi

Piya

--- thomaslaw03 <thomaslaw03@...> wrote:

> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, libris <libris@...> wrote:
> Dear Piya,
>
> Does this Pali text (the Kaalaama Sutta)have a Chinese in Agamas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas Law
>
> > Karen,
> >
> > The oft quoted saying is from the Kesaputtiya Sutta (popularly
> known as the Kaalaama Sutta) : A 3.65/1:188-193.
> >
> > The exact quote is this:
> >
> > Be not led by the thought: "This ascetic is our teacher." or
> alternately "Our ascetic is respectable."
> >
> > The sutta is not a carte blanche for "free-thinking" but the
> Buddha
> is discussing what does not constitute valid sources of knowledge.
> The closing the sutta is especially important, often missed.
> >
> > A more elaborate teaching is found in the Apannaka Sutta (M 60),
> which is a sort of Buddha's answer to Pascal's wager (before the
> fact).
> >
> > Sukhi
> >
> > Piya
> >
>
>
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