The Buddha's Kalama Sutra

Do not believe in anything

simply because you have heard it,

Do not believe in traditions

Simply because they have been handed

down for many generations,

Do not believe in anything

simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many,

do not believe in anything

Simply because it is written in your

religious books,

Do not believe in anything

Merely on the authority of your leaders

and elders,

But, when, after observation and analysis

You find anything that agrees with reason,

and is conducive to the benefit

of one and all,

then accept it and live up to it.

 

"Om Mani Padme Hum"