RELIGION OF WISDOM Like Cuarteron quoted room from the book "Buddhist ethics" by Prof. Dr. Phra Dharmakosajarn.

 

Faith is the most important virtues of theistic religion. In his book Bertrand Russell, "why I am not a faithful Catholic and a number of essays related to religion", he gave two reasons why he did not follow Christianity. First thing, he does not believe in God and the immortal soul. The second thing, he does not think that Jesus was a virtue and the most intellectual. [1]
Faith in the Buddha's enlightenment (tathāgatabodhisaddhā) is the starting point of Buddhism ... It is like the first stone to do the pedals that humans can pass streams to suffering (dukkha). As the Buddha said, "By the belief that people can cross the streams", [2] faith is necessary but not sufficient for the liberation, Nirvana; It must be balanced with wisdom (pañña). Faith without wisdom is blind and misleading. [3]
The Buddha did not want disciples to believe in him blindly. He often encourages them to achieve a balance between faith and wisdom. In the Vīmaṁsaka, the Buddha taught the Bhikkhu stilts should also consider virtue right himself. So the disciples could be persuaded to complete reviews of that teacher actually it is under study. [4] that is why Madam David Neel, a scholar of Buddhist Studies France written, ' among the great founders of religions, alone the Buddha, who has encouraged a spirit of verify of the disciples follow him and c n prompt they should not accept his teachings with blind faith. ' [5]
The Buddha allows freedom to with his pupils, that we can clearly see in the Kesaputtiya in which Germany World religion has taken the following advice to people with Kalama:
The Kàlàmà, also not believe because listening to the school art, shalt not believe because listen to the legend; shalt not believe because according to tradition; OK there are victories because classic; shalt not believe because of reasoning; shalt not believe because a similar interpretation; shalt not believe because of superficial assessment of the facts; shalt not believe because of consistent with prejudice; shalt not believe because derived from where has the authority, shalt not believe because of its Sa-subjects of his Masters degree.
But the Kàlàmà, when would know himself as follows: "this is charity; This method is not worth cooking; The not being the person who has Tri criticism; This method if done and accepted to the happy peace ", this time Kàlàmà, reach and stay! [6]
To be true, that person must be based on the effort and his wisdom. Just based on faith and dependence on outside forces will not help much for us. In the Nibbuta, Nirvana is qualified as Ehipassika, invite someone to come to see with eyes of wisdom (paññacakku), which not only come to that news. [7] When a person was Nirvana, they would not need to believe in one another. A Saint, or an A-La-Han (Arahant) is the quadratic no faith (Assaddha) because he did not need other people talking more about something called Nirvana. [8] his faith vanished at the time when that wisdom being kicked. So the intelligence is the most important virtue importance in Buddhism. As the Buddha has taught "the Bhikkhu on stilts, all France will lead to Nirvana, wisdom will lead the French to be Nirvana."END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/6/2016.MHDT.