The Buddha's Attitude Toward Authority, Ritual, and Moot Points

The Buddha's pragmatic concern to relieve suffering and his psychological emphasis on self- transformation made him pointedly critical of certain aspects of religion, including blind reliance on authority, belief in the efficacy of ritual and windy debate about unanswerable questions.


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