Right Speech Suttas | Venerable Radha | 9 March 2025

Deeper Dhamma

Venerable Radha discusses various suttas on Right Speech listed here.

Read AN10.176 Cundasutta on Sutta Central here.
"Cunda the smith tells the Buddha of rites of purification practiced by the western brahmins. The Buddha explains purification in his teaching.", Sutta Central.

Read AN4.82 Musāvādasutta on Sutta Central here.
"Wrong or right speech leads to heaven or hell.", Sutta Central.

Read AN5.198 Vācāsutta on Sutta Central here.
"Five factors of good speech.", Sutta Central.

Read MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta on Sutta Central here.
"The layman Visākha asks the nun Dhammadinnā about various difficult matters, including some of the highest meditation attainments. The Buddha fully endorses her answers.", Sutta Central.

Read MN21 Kakacūpamasutta on Sutta Central here.
"A discourse full of vibrant and memorable similes, on the importance of patience and love even when faced with abuse and criticism. The Buddha finishes with the simile of the saw, one of the most memorable similes found in the discourses.", Sutta Central.

Read SN9.11 Akusalavitakkasutta on Sutta Central here.
"A mendicant plagued by bad thoughts is encouraged by a deity.", Sutta Central.

Read MN58 Abhayarājakumārasutta on Sutta Central here.
"The leader of the Jains, Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta, gives his disciple Prince Abhaya a dilemma to pose to the Buddha, supposing that this will show his weakness. Things don’t go quite as planned.", Sutta Central.

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