[quote]Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.[/quote]Agreed.[quote]Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.[/quote]Of course.[quote]Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in [of] your religious books.[/quote]Of course. You find the evidence for what you believe instead.[quote]Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.[/quote]Of course. Always discern the info you're given.[quote]Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.[/quote]Easy. I don't have any.[quote]...but after observation and analysis...when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all...[/quote]That is literally an impossibility. For what seems good for one doesn't always seem good for another.