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Pharusavācāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1771

[1771] Even so, bhikkhus, few are those beings who abstain from harsh speech; far more numerous, indeed, are those beings who do not abstain from harsh speech. … End of the Sixth Sutta. The Samphappalāpa Sutta On beings who abstain from idle chatter being few

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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