Saturday, March 1, 2014

Speech


Don't speak harshly to anyone;
What you say will be said back to you.
Hostile speech is painful,
And you will meet with retaliation.

If, like a broken bell,
You do not reverberate,
Then you have attained Nirvana
And no hostility is found in you.

---The Dhammapada---

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