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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
If speech lakhs sense it becomes poison. If speech is irrelevant, it will be harmful like mik given to a man suffering from dysentery.
TRUE BUT NOT UNPLEASANT.
Our speech must be true and pleasant not unpleasant, Even unpleasant things should be expressed in a pleasant manner. If we say that somebody is a thief or that he is dishonest, it will hurt him. But if you say, "you must become honest", he will surely take this precept in good part, though it implies that he is not honest.
Once an emperor saw in his dream a strange thing. All his teeth fell off his mouth. He wondered what the dream signified. So he consulted the court-astrologer. The astrologer happened to be a man given to the habit of speaking out his opinions bluntly and in a cut and dried manner. So he said, "Your excellency ! Your dream signifies that all the members of your family will die before you". On hearing this, the emperor was greatly grieved and depressed. He did not give any gifts to the astrologer.
Then the emperor consulted a Sadhu. On being consulted, the Sadhu looked at the problem from the Anekant point of view.
The emperor said to the sadhu, "Do you know the significance of my dream ?"
"'Yes, your excellency !"
"You see 1 In my dream I saw all my teeth falling down. What does this signify ?"
"Your excellency, it is an extremely auspicious dream. It is an excellent dream".
"Ah!
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