Kālāma Sutta
The Kesamutti Sutta, popularly known in the Occident, West as the Kālāma Sutta, is a sutra, discourse of the Buddha contained in the Aṅguttara Nikaya (3.65) of the Tripitaka, Tipiṭaka. It is often cited by those of the Theravada and Mahayana traditions alike as the Gautama Buddha, Buddha's "charter of free inquiry.""Kalama Sutta, The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry"
by Soma Thera

Premise

The sutta starts off by describing how the Buddha passes through the village of Kesaputta and is greeted by its inhabitants, a clan called the ''Kalamas''. They ask for his advice: they say that many wandering holy men and ascetics pass through, expounding their teachings and criticizing the teachings of others. So whose teachin ...
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Occident
The Occident is a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of the term ''Orient'', referring to the Eastern world. In English, it has largely fallen into disuse. The term occidental is often used to describe objects from the Occident but can be considered an outdated term by some. The term originated with geographical divisions mirroring the cultural divide between the Greek East and Latin West, Greek East and the Latin West, and the political divide between the Western Roman Empire, Western and Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empires. Etymology The term "Occident" derives from the Latin language, Latin word ''occidens'' meaning "west" (lit. "setting" (where the sun sets) < ''occido'' "fall/set"). In Arabic, the Maghreb (''maḡrib'', < Arabic ' "to go down, to set") literally means "the sunset", "the west". Historically, the Maghreb was the southern part of the Western Roman Empire. Another word for Occident i ...
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