What do we believe?

Aloha to All!
I've been working on creating a post about sensuality when my beloved partner showed me a quote by a Buddist Monk that was in the Saturday edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. This touched me on so many levels that I decided to included it instead for today. You can find this quote yourself in the Source relationships section on the back page.

Anyway, this quote deals with what should we believe spiritually. I include his quote here because I feel that I am guided, as a healer, to help people discover what their inner truth is. So please, read on.....

This is by The Rev. Sathindriya of Minneapolis in response to the question, "What do you believe and why?"

"If I have to use the word "believe," I would say that I believe in the teachings of Buddha. The Buddist point of view is that we do not have to believe in anything we cannot experience for ourselves. When asked, "How do we know whose teachings to believe?" Buddha replied, "Do not believe something to be true just because it is spread by word of mouth, practiced as a tradition or sensationally spread far and wide. Do not believe something to be true just because it is cited in scriptures or on the grounds of logic or philosophy. Do not believe a statement to be true just because if appeals to one's common sense or preconceived idea. Do not believe something to be true based on the speaker's credibility or because the speaker is your teacher." In Budhism, no system of dogmatism forces others to believe without giving them a chance to decide for themselves. This keeps us from being enslaved by others' concepts. Buddhism teaches how to believe in one's self. By observing the nature of the self and doing the right thing according to an open mind, one can delvelop faith in one's own self."