Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.
Gautama BuddhaDo not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.
Gautama BuddhaBefore you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.
Gautama Buddha