{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an3.28/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an3.28","id":"suttacentral_an3.28","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.28/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cThese three individuals are found in the world. What three? One with speech like dung, one with speech like flowers, and one with speech like honey. And who has speech like dung? It\u2019s an individual who is summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: \u2018Please, my man, say what you know.\u2019 Not knowing, they say \u2018I know.\u2019 Knowing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 Not seeing, they say \u2018I see.\u2019 And seeing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t see.\u2019 So they deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason. This is called an individual with speech like dung. And who has speech like flowers? It\u2019s an individual who is summoned to a council, an assembly, a family meeting, a guild, or to the royal court, and asked to bear witness: \u2018Please, my man, say what you know.\u2019 Not knowing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019 Knowing, they say \u2018I know.\u2019 Not seeing, they say \u2018I don\u2019t see.\u2019 And seeing, they say \u2018I see.\u2019 So they don\u2019t deliberately lie for the sake of themselves or another, or for some trivial worldly reason. This is called an individual with speech like flowers. And who has speech like honey? It\u2019s an individual who gives up harsh speech. They speak in a way that\u2019s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people. This is called an individual with speech like honey. These are the three individuals found in the world.\u201d","title":"Speech like Dung","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":263}