Episode 89 - Right Speech

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right speech is abstaining from:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">false speech</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">divisive speech</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">harsh speech</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">frivolous speech </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lying (false speech): The performance is indicating something false through speaking, through choosing not to speak, or through gesture. Causing others to engage in the three types of speech—lying, divisive speech, or offensive speech—is the same as doing it yourself.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Divisive speech: the motivation is the desire that living beings who are compatible be separated or the desire that living beings who are incompatible remain so.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harsh speech: is saying something unpleasant, which may be either true or false, about someone else. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Frivolous speech (idle chatter) speaking about something that is not meaningful. </span></li> </ol> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karmic results that are similar to the cause:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">from lying—much slander</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">from divisive speech—loss of friendships</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">from offensive speech—hearing unpleasant words</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">from senseless speech—others not listening to your words</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guard against anger erupting in yo