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To Study Philosophy Is To Attain The Highest Good
Where am I going? Has human life any purpose? Where is the world going? What is the good life? What is a cause? What is reality? What is truth?
We search for answers to these and other big questions. Our definite answers to them reflect the truth.
We are curious to know-and know more- about the universe and life.
Our tools to know are our five senses and our rational inquiry.
We speculate on universal subjects like the origin of the universe, the origin of life, mind, spirit, truth, reality, cause, good, good life, evil, consciousness, art, god, natural law, and so on. The whole of such topics as these is the area of philosophy.
The study of philosophy expands our view of the universe and all life and broadens our approach to them.
The Buddha lays down the correct method to attain indisputable knowledge.
Test and trial, the way to philosophize
1. In the words of the Buddha: “Believe not because an old book is produced as an authority. Believe not because your father said (you should) believe the same. Believe not because other people like you believe it. Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it…
