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And in this busy life, no one has time to listen to words and genuine. Hold truth in your speech. that are irrelevant and not vigilant. At the same time I - INTEGRITY. Be your words. Say words which offending someone by means of speech is also a you would follow and so people can trust you. legitimate manner of violence. Everyone is just
'L' - LOVE. Let your words flow with love, care interested in listening to the speech that is for a
and concern. Wish good for everyone and say a dialect purpose and soothes them. To reframe the same
that would charm others and enlighten another heart. statement, allow me to put forth my standpoint, and
Spread the love with your words! structure the route into seven simple directions, which one must AVOID in their life.
And of course, along with HAIL goes the pitch and
volume of your speech. Different pitch and tone for * Judging while you are talking to someone. When
every speech goes in a different form of deliveries. we are indulging ourselves in a conversation with
So, the consciousness of your pitch and tone is someone, be it anywhere, NEVER judge the person in conversation. No one likes to be judged and feel like a
deliberately important. victim.
History reveals that such splendid and legitimate * Gossip! Never gossip and talk about a third
speech from legendary personalities has bequeathed
us a treasure box of scriptures, to pursue and impart person who is not present in a conversation. Because
our life without any dogmatism. Shri Mahavira's speech the fact is, after you are gone, the same person would
is engraved in devout Agam Shashtra, wherein be gossiping about you with someone else.
Mahavira has mentioned that one should not harm * Negativity. Do not ever talk negatively because
any living or nonliving being by means of speech as it is very hard for someone to listen to negative talks
well. His teachings exclaim right conduct consists of as it would certainly not attract interest.
three organs i.e. mind, body and speech. According to * Complaining. Just as negativity does not hold
Jaina thinkers, equanimity of mind, body, and speech any relevance, it is certainly not significant to
should be a directive principle of religious life. Also, complain.
as per Buddhism, right speech is one of the significant * Excuses. There is no room for an excuse for
aspects of the noble eight-fold path. Buddha has anyone to accept it. Some people have a habit of not mentioned that right Speech is one of the Five Precepts accepting their mistakes but just blame others for their of ethical conduct. Right conduct by means of right mistakes, giving excuses.
speech is also the terrain upon which our life and our * Exaggeration leading to lies. Overstating a spiritual journey rest. Eventually, for all of us, the situation or a fact demeans a statement. Many times, decisive goal of life is to attain happiness by means of we do so with a purpose of making our speech inner peace, freedom from suffering in this lifetime attractive, but the reality is, it loses the content of and attain liberation releasing us from the cycle of that statement. Which eventually leads to lying with birth and death. the purpose of amplification.
Mindfulness is a deliberate way of practice before * Dogmatism, which is a Confusion of facts with delivering a speech. Although, we land up being opinions. This kind of speech loses speaker's interest. mindful only when we are practicing spiritually. And When facts conflict with your opinion, it makes the often spiritual practices are compartmentalized. We speaker feel like he is listening to winds.
think of spiritual practices only when we are on a Consequently, for a legitimate dialect, one must meditation cushion or in a spiritual zone. But besides follow a HAIL of principles.
these special moments, the huge phase of our day is 'H' - HONESTY. Always be honest about what you
covered by an ordinary zone where we are engrossed deliver in your speech. Be clear in your words and in our errands, and during this time we interact with straight in your talk.
people at work, people around, with our children or 'A' - AUTHENTICITY. Let your words be original
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| SR No. | 526114 |
| Book Title | Prabuddha Jivan 2018 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sejal Shah |
| Publisher | Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| Total Pages | 52 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India |
| File Size | 1 MB |