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So the knowledge of the Dhamma that you start out with is not really knowledge. Its a conviction, a belief — an untested hypothesis that youre going to test. But you decide its worth testing. Its like being a scientist. There are lots of different hypotheses or theories a scientist could test, but the scientist has to focus on testing the ones that seem most promising. Which ones are going to be worthwhile, which ones will teach you something useful if you prove them true or false? If you decide that the idea that suffering can be put to an end is worth testing, it gives you the impetus to start testing the Buddhas teachings in practice. ~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/meditations5.html#questioning
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:19:09 +0000

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