Ep. 38 – The Eightfold Path: Right Speech
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
The Buddha Never Knew That Which Is Untrue
Buddha said one should never knowingly speak a lie. We can so easily rationalize an untruth or a lie and tell ourselves that there is a good reason for it. But the Buddha is coming out very strongly in his statement, not for any reason at all. So critical is truthfulness to this path of awakening.
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