{"id":"an5.198","title":"Well-Spoken Words","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.198","title":"Well-Spoken Words","units":[{"id":"an5.198:0","sourceIds":["an5.198:0.1","an5.198:0.2","an5.198:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.198\n20. Brāhmaṇavagga\nVācāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.198\n20. Brahmins\nWell-Spoken Words"}},{"id":"an5.198:1","sourceIds":["an5.198:1.1","an5.198:1.2","an5.198:1.3","an5.198:1.4","an5.198:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgatā vācā subhāsitā hoti, no dubbhāsitā, anavajjā ca ananuvajjā ca viññūnaṁ.\nKatamehi pañcahi?\nKālena ca bhāsitā hoti, saccā ca bhāsitā hoti, saṇhā ca bhāsitā hoti, atthasaṁhitā ca bhāsitā hoti, mettacittena ca bhāsitā hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgatā vācā subhāsitā hoti, no dubbhāsitā, anavajjā ca ananuvajjā ca viññūnan”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, speech that has five factors is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s blameless and is not criticized by sensible people.\nWhat five?\nIt is speech that is timely, true, gentle, beneficial, and loving.\nSpeech with these five factors is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s blameless and is not criticized by sensible people.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.198/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}