Numbered Discourses 5.214

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.214
2. 22. Abuse
3. Someone Who Talks a Lot
4. “Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot.
5. What five?
6. They use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.
7. These are the five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot.
8. There are these five benefits for a person who talks thoughtfully.
9. What five?
10. They don’t use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
11. These are the five benefits for a person who talks thoughtfully.”