{"id":"sn8.5","title":"Well-Spoken Words","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn8.5","title":"Well-Spoken Words","units":[{"id":"sn8.5:0","sourceIds":["sn8.5:0.1","sn8.5:0.2","sn8.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.5\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nSubhāsitasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 8.5\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nWell-Spoken Words"}},{"id":"sn8.5:1","sourceIds":["sn8.5:1.1","sn8.5:1.2","sn8.5:1.3","sn8.5:1.4","sn8.5:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"sn8.5:2","sourceIds":["sn8.5:2.1","sn8.5:2.2","sn8.5:2.3","sn8.5:2.4","sn8.5:2.5","sn8.5:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catūhi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgatā vācā subhāsitā hoti, no dubbhāsitā; anavajjā ca ananuvajjā ca viññūnaṁ.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu subhāsitaṁyeva bhāsati no dubbhāsitaṁ, dhammaṁyeva bhāsati no adhammaṁ, piyaṁyeva bhāsati no appiyaṁ, saccaṁyeva bhāsati no alikaṁ.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi aṅgehi samannāgatā vācā subhāsitā hoti, no dubbhāsitā, anavajjā ca ananuvajjā ca viññūnan”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“Mendicants, speech that has four factors is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s blameless and is not criticized by sensible people.\nWhat four?\nIt’s when a mendicant speaks well, not poorly; their speech is principled, not unprincipled; they speak pleasantly, not unpleasantly; and they speak truthfully, not falsely.\nSpeech with these four factors is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s blameless and is not criticized by sensible people.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn8.5:3","sourceIds":["sn8.5:3.1","sn8.5:3.2","sn8.5:3.3","sn8.5:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Subhāsitaṁ uttamamāhu santo,\nDhammaṁ bhaṇe nādhammaṁ taṁ dutiyaṁ;\nPiyaṁ bhaṇe nāppiyaṁ taṁ tatiyaṁ,\nSaccaṁ bhaṇe nālikaṁ taṁ catutthan”ti.","en":"“Good people say well-spoken words are foremost;\nsecond, speech ought be principled, not unprincipled;\nthird, speak pleasantly, not unpleasantly;\nand fourth, speak truthfully, not falsely.”"}},{"id":"sn8.5:4","sourceIds":["sn8.5:4.1","sn8.5:4.2","sn8.5:4.3","sn8.5:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“paṭibhāti maṁ, bhagavā, paṭibhāti maṁ, sugatā”ti.\n“Paṭibhātu taṁ, vaṅgīsā”ti bhagavā avoca.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"Then Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said,\n“I feel inspired to speak, Blessed One! I feel inspired to speak, Holy One!”\n“Then speak as you feel inspired,” said the Buddha.\nThen Vaṅgīsa extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:"}},{"id":"sn8.5:5","sourceIds":["sn8.5:5.1","sn8.5:5.2","sn8.5:5.3","sn8.5:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tameva vācaṁ bhāseyya,\nyāyattānaṁ na tāpaye;\nPare ca na vihiṁseyya,\nsā ve vācā subhāsitā.","en":"“Speak only those words\nthat do not hurt yourself\nnor harm others;\nsuch speech is truly well spoken."}},{"id":"sn8.5:6","sourceIds":["sn8.5:6.1","sn8.5:6.2","sn8.5:6.3","sn8.5:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piyavācaṁva bhāseyya,\nyā vācā paṭinanditā;\nYaṁ anādāya pāpāni,\nparesaṁ bhāsate piyaṁ.","en":"Speak only pleasing words,\nwords gladly welcomed.\nPleasing words are those\nthat bring nothing bad to others."}},{"id":"sn8.5:7","sourceIds":["sn8.5:7.1","sn8.5:7.2","sn8.5:7.3","sn8.5:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccaṁ ve amatā vācā,\nesa dhammo sanantano;\nSacce atthe ca dhamme ca,\nāhu santo patiṭṭhitā.","en":"Truth itself is undying speech:\nthis is an ancient teaching.\nGood people say the teaching and meaning\nare grounded in truth."}},{"id":"sn8.5:8","sourceIds":["sn8.5:8.1","sn8.5:8.2","sn8.5:8.3","sn8.5:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ buddho bhāsate vācaṁ,\nkhemaṁ nibbānapattiyā;\nDukkhassantakiriyāya,\nsā ve vācānamuttamā”ti.","en":"The words spoken by the Buddha\nfor finding the sanctuary, extinguishment,\nfor making an end of suffering:\nthis really is the best kind of speech.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.5/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."}