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#63 — Why Meditate?

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Importance of Speaking Unskilfully

Buddhist practice of speaking unskilfully can have a huge impact on our lives. The word for useless talk is sampapalapa, which means "to declare here I am" It's an urge to say something that is completely useless and it's just a way of declaringHere I am. That's its only purpose. People have more respect if what we say is useful in some way.

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