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[Full title: Reflection of Mind on Language Behaviours (3): The Wholesome Courses of Speech]

The Sutta 碍补办补肠奴辫补尘补 鈥楾he simile of the Saw鈥� (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 21.11) describes five unwholesome courses of speech (惫腻肠补) that one should not use to address to other and five wholesome courses of speech that one should establish in him and should use to address to other.

The five unwholesome courses of speech are as follows:

1. untimely speech,
2. untrue speech,
3. harsh speech,
4. speech connected with harm,
5. speech spoken with inner hate.

And the five wholesome courses of speech, on the contrary, comprises of:

1. timely speech,
2. true speech,
3. gentle speech,
4. speech connected with good,
5. speech spoken with a mind of loving-kindness.

Both the wholesome and unwholesome are described by the Buddha in the Sutta 碍补办补肠奴辫补尘补 鈥楾he simile of the Saw鈥� as follows:

Bhikkhus, there are these five courses of speech that others may use when they address you: their speech may be timely or untimely, true or untrue, gentle or harsh, connected with good or with harm, spoken with a mind of loving-kindness or with inner hate. When others address you, their speech may be timely or untimely; when others address you, their speech may be true or untrue; when others address you, their speech may be gentle or harsh; when others address you, their speech may be connected with good or with harm; when others address you, their speech may be spoken with a mind of loving-kindness or with inner hate. Herein, bhikkhus, you should train thus: 鈥極ur minds will remain unaffected, and we shall utter no evil words; we shall abide compassionate for their welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, without inner hate. We shall abide pervading that person with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, and starting with him, we shall abide pervading the all-encompassing world with a mind imbued with lovingkindness, abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill will鈥�. That is how you should train, bhikkhus. (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 21.11)

And in the Sutta 础产丑补测补谤腻箩补办耻尘腻谤补 鈥楾o Prince Abhaya鈥� (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 58), the Blessed One claims that there are six kinds of speech which to it he either utters or does not utter.

The followings are six kinds of speech:

i. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be untrue, incorrect and unbeneficial, and which is also unwelcome and disagreeable to others: such speech the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 does not utter.

ii. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be true and correct but unbeneficial, and which is also unwelcome and disagreeable to others: such speech the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 does not utter.

iii. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be true, correct and beneficial but which is unwelcome and disagreeable to others: the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows the time to use such speech.

iv. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be untrue, incorrect and unbeneficial, but which is welcome and agreeable to others: such speech the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 does not utter.

v. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be true and correct but unbeneficial, and which is welcome and agreeable to others: such speech the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 does not utter.

vi. Such speech as the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows to be true, correct and beneficial, and which is welcome and agreeable to others: the 罢补迟丑腻驳补迟补 knows the time to use such speech.

(Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 58.8)

Explaining about the reason of these above six kinds of speech, the Buddha expresses that all for his compassion for beings (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 58.8). It is for that reason the Blessed One sometimes does not hesitate to admonish bhikkhus when he sees that it is really necessary and brings benefits and welfares to them.

In the 颁腻迟耻尘腻 Sutta 鈥楢t 颁腻迟耻尘腻鈥� (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 67), for example, when five hundred bhikkhus who were new students of the venerable 厂腻谤颈辫耻迟迟补 and the venerable Mah膩 Moggall膩na greeted each other loudly and noisily, the Buddha asked the venerable 膧苍补苍诲补:

鈥溎�苍补苍诲补, who are these loud noisy people? One would think they were fishermen hawking fish (办别惫补峁�峁�腻 尘补帽帽别 macchavilope)鈥�

(Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 67.3.

The Blessed One often reminds bhikkhus when gathering together should do two things: either hold discussion on the Dhamma or maintain noble silence (ariya 迟耻峁噃墨产丑腻惫补). The noble silence here is pointed out by Majjhima Commentary as twofold: either abiding in the second 箩丑腻苍补 or attending to their basic meditation subject in the case they cannot attain and abide in the second 箩丑腻苍补 (Majjhima 狈颈办腻测补, Sutta number 26.4; and The Middle length Discourses of the Buddha, n. 298).