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| Pali | Kesamuttisuttaṃ, Kālāmasuttaṃ |
| Bengali | কালাম সূত্র |
| Burmese | Kalama thoke, ကာလာမ သုတ် |
| Thai | กาลามสูตร |
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The Kesamutti Sutta, popularly known in the West as the Kālāma Sutta, is a discourse of the Buddha contained in the Aṅguttara Nikaya (3.65) of the Tipiṭaka.[1] It is often cited by those of the Theravada and Mahayana traditions alike as the Buddha's "charter of free inquiry."[2]
- ^ AN 3.65; PTS: A.i.188; Thai III.66
- ^ "Kalama Sutta, The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry" by Soma Thera