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The Buddha and the search for evidence

Diego Rosselli
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04473.x
Published online: 15 April 2002

To the Editor: Some of the principles underlying evidence-based medicine (EBM)* might have been around far longer than we tend to believe. Here is a fragment of one of the 8777 brief suttas (discourses) collected in the Anguttara-nikaya, or "Collection of the gradual sayings", one of the oldest Buddhist texts. The Buddha preaches to the Kalamas people:


  • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Universidad Javeriana Medical School, Bogota.


Correspondence: rosselli@javeriana.edu.co

  • 1. Anguttara-nikaya. Vol. 1, III. Tika-nipata. 7 Maha-vagga, 65 Kalamasutta.
  • 2. Rubin GL, Frommer MS, Vincent NC, et al. Getting new evidence into medicine. Med J Aust 2000; 172: 180-183.

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