Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
Gautama BuddhaIf a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.
Gautama BuddhaSo in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering' - then you should abandon them.
Gautama Buddha