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Posts tagged with "speech"
Dec. 11 |
Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech, from abusive speech, and from idle chatter. This is called right speech. – The Buddha(Magga-vibhanga Sutta)
The primary goal of giving feedback at work isn’t generally to make someone...
May. 23 |
What if there is an secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks to hide their true identities, and are free to do whatever they wish? There, almost anything goes, though there are some basic rules to ensure there...
May. 8 | Renounce falseness and cultivate trustworthiness.
Renounce divisiveness and cultivate harmoniousness.
Renounce harshness and cultivate peacefulness.
Renounce frivolousness and cultivate meaningfulness.
– Shilashanti
Kālāmas, a learned noble disciple...
Jan. 1 |
Every fool who is born
has an axe within his mouth
with which he cuts himself
when he uses wrong speech…
The worse of the two is he
who, when abused, retaliates.
One who does not retaliate
wins a battle hard to win.
The fool thinks he has won a...
Dec. 19 | Praise and blame, gain and loss,
pleasure and sorrow
come and go like the wind.
To be happy, rest like a giant tree
in the midst of them all.
– Buddhist Saying
While Right Speech conventionally means abstaining from lying, gossip, vain talk, and...
Aug. 1 | In the case of words that the Tathagata
knows to be factual, true, beneficial,
and endearing and agreeable to others,
he has a sense of the proper time for saying them.
– Sakyamuni Buddha
(Abhaya Sutta)
Of all the Buddha’s disciples,...
Nov. 29 |
若见池沼,
当愿众生,
语业满足,
巧能演说。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第70偈)
If seeing a pond,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings’
karma of speech be [completely] perfect,
[with] skilful ability [in]...
Jul. 20 | The said is said…
There is never
‘just saying’
Feb. 24 | Those not aware that
they can be mindfully firm
and not unmindfully harsh
harm by choosing anger.
– Stonepeace | Books
“Sariputta the chief disciple said, ‘The Tathagata [Sakyamuni Buddha] is perfect in speech, there is no fault in the Tathagata...
Sep. 26 | How you think conditions how you speak later.
How you speak conditions how you think later.
– Stonepeace
Loving speech means to communicate and discuss with pleasant speech. There are three types of loving speech:
(1) Comforting speech: We should communicate...
Jul. 12 | Question: Sometimes I engage in useless speech for social reasons. For example, when colleagues or friends get together, someone starts a so-called useless topic and I might agree or disagree along for the sake of joining in. An alternative would...
Oct. 25 | Question: Buddhists shouldn’t use vulgar language as this leads to negative imprints on our mind? What can they lead to?
Answer: The very fact that they are vulgarities means that they are spoken out of hatred, with harshness from a mind not at...