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The Buddha’s Philosophy of Right Speech

The lecture takes us through the four positive and progressive speech precepts, and is a statement of what …

Sangharakshita

	01.	A review of Buddhist scriptures: meaningful speech in the Dhammapada; quality not quantity (13:26)
	02.	The great importance of speech in Buddhism; four progressively deepening qualities of Perfect Speech: (6:24)
	03.	I. Truthful Speech – i. factually accurate, not exaggerating or minimising-ii. ‘psycho-spiritually accurate’, the need for self-awareness (10:39)
	04.	II. Affectionate Speech – awareness of other people (5:31)
	05.	III. Useful Speech – promoting spiritual growth in others, being positive and appreciative; IV. Harmonious Speech – mutual self-transcendence; the culmination in silence (9:04)

The Ideal of Human Communication: Right Speech

True language distinguishes humanity from the animals, and speech is accorded considerable spiritual significance …

Sangharakshita

1968

	02.	The importance of speech (10:15)
	03.	Introduction to Perfect Speech (4:06)
	04.	Truthful speech (10:56)
	05.	Affectionate speech (5:29)
	06.	Useful and positive speech (5:54)
	07.	Harmonious speech (3:30)