Believes~

Religion is a Free Choice

DO NOT
believe in tradition,
merely because they have been
handed down for many generations
and in many places.
DO NOT
believe in anything
because it is rumoured and
spoken of by many.
DO NOT
believe because the written statement
of some old sage is produced.
DO NOT
believe in what you have fancied,
thinking that, because it is extraordinary,
it must have been implanted by a
divine being or a wonderful person.

After observation and analysis,
when it agrees with reason and is
conducive to the good and benefit of
one and all, only then accept it
and live up to it.

~Gautama Buddha: Kalama Suttra~