The Buddha's List of the Types of Speech

Buddhist scholar K.N. Jayatilike speculates that for the Buddha there are no beneficial untruths. The Buddha is said to have discarded his disciples from lying without making exceptions in cases where it would be expedient, he says. In yet another sign of the diversity of the Buddhist tradition, we find conflicting messages about the usefulness of the well-intentioned lie," writes Ravi Agrawal.