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Kalama Sutta: The Freethinker’s Toolkit aka “The Straw Man”

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Tags: agnosticism, cafeteria Buddhism, critical thinking, free enquiry, Kalama Sutta, memes, skepticism, taking apart the wheel of dhamma
Posted in AN 3.65 Kalama Sutta, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Critical thinking, direct experience, Thanissaro Bhikkhu | 5 Comments »

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