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3. A seeker should know these kinds of speeches and com
municate either in the truthful or the conventional speech only. He should completely.give up the false and diluted speech.
-- Daśa. Sū. 7.1
4. A person with intellectual discrimination should not brand
a blind person as blind, an eunuch so, a diseased and a thief likewise.
-- Daśa. Sū. 7.12
5. A wise ascetic should speak what he has seen; his speech
should be brief, free from ambiguity and clearly expressed. His speech should neither be deceptive nor cause anxiety to any one.
— Daśa. Sū. 8.39
6. One should not interrupt when the wise are seriously involved in scholarly discussions.
- Āva. Ni. 2.3.3.6
7. An aspirant should not utter that speech which may be
harmful or cause displeasure or which may put another person out of form.
-- Daśa. Sū. 8.48
8. A monk should not interrupt when two persons are en
grossed in discussions, he should also not use trenchant and fraudulent speech and should answer only after ripe reflection.
- Sū. Kr. Sū. 1.9.25
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