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A Quote by Siddhartha Gautama Buddha on reason, truth, study truth, faith, wisdom, gold, burnt, cut, rubbed, words, respect, and test

Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed,
Examine my words carefully and
Do not accept them simply out of respect

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha : Indian mystic, founder of Buddhism
Buddha (563 - 483 BC)
Source: http://www.lotsawaschool.org/sutra_quotations.html
Contributed by: sherab . More quotes added by sherab from all sources
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Meenakshi : Connection
4 months later
Meenakshi said

From the website:
A slightly different
version is found in a tantra called Śrīmahābālatantrarāja (dpal stobs po che’i rgyud kyi rgyal po):  
Just as gold is tested by being burnt, cut and rubbed, the learned should
accept my words only after examining them, not simply out of faith or
other such reasons.
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