Ninth Blog: Buddha's teachings

I feel as though I say this every time I blog, but this book should just be made a standard for any decent person to have. No matter what religion one practices these teaching tell people how to be the best they can be, and never really conflict with what another writing is communicating.

Now about what Buddha is saying specifically, it's something everyone would benefit from if they could keep the teachings dear to their heart. I was really affected right by the first passage,
"It is proper to doubt. Do not be led by holy scriptures, or by mere logic or inference, or by appearances, or by the authority of religious teachers. But when you realize that something is unwholesome and bad for you, give it up. And when you realize that something is wholesome and good for you, do it."

If people truly learned and ingrained that into themselves the affect would be startling. The simple truth of Buddhism appeals to me on that level. he never teaches to do anything but to look inside of yourself for answers, there isn't some omnipotent being waiting for you to recognize him as your savior, but just an opportunity of introspection that all people could really benefit to take some time out and try.