05-02-2008, 01:24 PM
Theres got to be more to this. On it's own, that quote could be used to justify reasons for murder and other henious crimes against humanity; example of the jelous husband who just found out a man he knew had been banging his wife behind his back: "Buddah said to only listen to information of my heart and not what is written, such as the law, so I just knew that man had to die after he cheated with my wife - I read that someone somewhere else did that and it agrees with my own reasoning at this moment!"
Nope, that's it. IHMO, the quote refers to gullibility. How many people believe something merely because the President, the minister/pastor/father/sister/mother/brother/district super/bishop/pope/cardinal/rector/vicker, the teacher/professor/educator, said it? At its essence, Buddha asks people to think about what is said, and analysis it, instead of merely accepting it. Of course that means you have to be willing to accept contrary evidence:)