I was introduced to Pascal’s Wager by my college statistics professor. An evangelical Christian, she placed a short version of the wager not-so-discretely on her professional website: “If God does not exist, one will lose nothing by believing in him, while if he does exist, one will lose everything by not believing.”
Posts Tagged ‘Kalama Sutta’
The Buddhas’ Wager
Posted in Philosophy, Sutra, tagged Kalama Sutta, karma, rebirth on October 3, 2009| 2 Comments »
The Other Kalama Sutta
Posted in Sutra, tagged Bhikkhu Bodhi, Kalama Sutta, pali canon on August 12, 2009| 7 Comments »
In reactions to his post, Secularizing Buddhism–Making it Accessible or Stripping the Roots?, the first comment to Vince Horn was a quote directly from Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s translation of the Kalama Sutta.
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