“ Also, Buddha is the only major spiritual figure who denied the role of authority per se, including his own authority. He said you should accept something because it is logical to you or it agrees with your direct experience and you have found it useful. You do not have to accept it because it is in some old book, or even because he, the Buddha, said it.
Adapting Eastern Spiritual Teachings to our Western Culture: A discussion with Shinzen Young at Charles T. Tart Home Page and Consciousness Library Online. For Transpersonal Psychology, Parapsychology, Consciousness, Hypnosis, Psi, Mindfulness.
