{"id":"an4.221","title":"Verbal Conduct","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.221","title":"Verbal Conduct","units":[{"id":"an4.221:0","sourceIds":["an4.221:0.1","an4.221:0.2","an4.221:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.221\n23. Duccaritavagga\nDuccaritasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.221\n23. Bad Conduct\nVerbal Conduct"}},{"id":"an4.221:1","sourceIds":["an4.221:1.1","an4.221:1.2","an4.221:1.3","an4.221:1.4","an4.221:1.5","an4.221:1.6","an4.221:1.7","an4.221:1.8","an4.221:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, vacīduccaritāni.\nKatamāni cattāri?\nMusāvādo, pisuṇā vācā, pharusā vācā, samphappalāpo—\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri vacīduccaritāni.\nCattārimāni, bhikkhave, vacīsucaritāni.\nKatamāni cattāri?\nSaccavācā, apisuṇā vācā, saṇhā vācā, mantavācā—\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri vacīsucaritānī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech.\nWhat four?\nSpeech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.\nThese are the four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech.\nThere are these four kinds of good conduct by way of speech.\nWhat four?\nSpeech that’s true, harmonious, gentle, and thoughtful.\nThese are the four kinds of good conduct by way of speech.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.221/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}