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Buddha's Teachings Part 4: Right Speech - Factual, Helpful, Kind, Pleasant, and Timely
Episode 42
Published 8 years, 7 months ago
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Right speech is an essential part of Shakyamuni Buddha's very first teaching of the Noble Eightfold Path, his prescription for spiritual liberation and insight. This teaching can be very useful to us in daily life, and recommends we avoid lying, divisive speech, abusive speech, and idle (unmindful) chatter. The Buddha also gave us five things to consider before speaking: Is what we're about to say factual, helpful, kind (spoken with good-will), pleasant ("endearing"), and timely?