Vīmaṃsaka Sutta
The Vīmaṃsaka Sutta (MN 47, The Inquirer) is the 47th discourse within Majjhima Nikaya of Pāli Canon in Theravada Buddhism and paralleled by 求解 ('The discourse on investigating [for the sake of] understanding', MA 186 T 26.186) in the Madhyama Agama of the Chinese Taisho Tripitaka. According to Bhikkhu Analayo, this sutta and its Chinese parallel presents "a remarkable advocacy of free inquiry" by making the Buddha's claim to awakening the object of "the most searching scrutiny." == Content == The sutta outlines the various ways that one can evaluate the Buddha himself (and by extension any spiritual teacher) to determine if their teaching is genuine and if they are truly liberated.