Friends:
The HONESTY of TRUTHFULNESS
Honesty is the Insurance
Honesty is the Assurance
Honesty is the Agreement
Honesty is the Promise
Honesty is the Protection
Honesty is the Guarantee
Honesty is the Shelter
Honesty is the Shield
Honesty is the Security
Honesty is the Consistence
Honesty is the Confidence
Honesty is the Conviction
Honesty is the Certainty
Honesty is the Trust
Honesty is a Must.
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Like The Buddha demand of your mind:
You have to give an honest answer, understand?
I won't accept anything phony. And once you've answered,
you have to stick to that very answer & not drifting around.
Don't be a traitor to yourself
Ajaan Lee
Be sober & straight
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If a person has some conviction & says:
'This is my conviction, this is my opinion, this is my judgment,
this is my view, this is my tradition, this is my culture!'
he speaks the truth.
But he does not yet come to the definite conclusion that
'Only this is true; anything else is false.'
To this extent, Bharadvaja, is there safeguarding of the truth.
To this extent one maintains the truth.
I describe this as the protection of the truth.
But it is not yet an awakening to the truth.
When, on observing that the bhikkhu is purged of mental states
rooted in greed anger & ignorance he places conviction in him.
With the arising of conviction, he visits him & a friendship grows
up. Growing close to him, he lends ear. Lending ear, he hears the
Dhamma. Hearing the Dhamma, he remembers it. Remembering it,
he reflects over it & penetrates thereby the deep meaning.
Penetrating the meaning, he comes to an agreement & acceptance.
Agreeing & accepting the Dhamma through reflection,
clever motivation arises. With the arising of motivation,
he becomes willing. Willingly, he evaluates. Evaluating,
he makes an effort. So exerting himself, he both realizes the
ultimate meaning of the truth with his body and comprehends it with
genuine insight. To this extent, Bharadvaja, is there awakening to
the truth.
MN 95
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If one is not true to the Buddha's teachings,
the Buddha's teachings will not be true to one.
That Dhamma which is only a costume, uniform
or alibi does not bear fruit as the intention is not true.
Honesty, however, makes you worthy of respect.
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The straight person, controlled, keeping precepts,
open & honest, is both worthy & fit for the yellow robe.
The hiding person, uncontrolled, immoral, keeping secrets
not honest, is neither worthy nor fit for the yellow robe.
Dhammapada 9+10
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If one is honest towards oneself,
one is also honest towards others.
If one however deceives oneself,
one automatically also deceives others.
Honesty, however, makes you worthy of respect.
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Mental purity cannot be achieved by mere bathing,
since most simple folk wash daily in the very same water.
In whom there is imbedded the Truth of Dhamma,
such one do I call Pure & Divine.
Udana I9
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The one who destroys life;
The one who speaks false;
The one who takes what is not given;
The one who mates with another's partner;
The one who is addicted to drinking spirits;
Such one - even in this world - digs up his own root !!!
Dhammapada 246-47
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Here some person abstains from killing living beings,
abstains from taking what is not given,
abstains from misconduct in sexual desires,
abstains from false speech, from malicious speech,
abstains from harsh speech, from gossip,
he is not covetous, is not ill willed, and has right view.
On the dissolution of the body, after death,
he reappears in a happy destination, in the heavenly world.
Here some person kills living beings,
takes what is not given,
misconducts himself in sexual desires,
speaks falsehood, speaks maliciously, speaks harshly, gossips,
is covetous, is ill willed, and has wrong view.
On the dissolution of the body, after death,
he reappears in the states of deprivation,
in an unhappy destination,
in perdition, in hell.
Majjhima Nikaya 136
Maha-Kammavibhanga Sutta
The Great Exposition of Kamma
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They who falsely declare, "That happened"
about what did not happen or "I did not that"
about what they actually did, earn themselves
a ticket to Hell.
Dhammapada 306
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So have I heard:
When the Blessed One heard about the kings spies,
who for money stole information from others, he exclaimed:
One should not take just any job.
One should not be anothers man.
One should not live dependent upon another.
One should not sell the truth for money
Udana VI - 2
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The Bodhisatta was once caught by a man-eater,
which sat him free on the condition that he returned
the next day. He kept his word & did so & much later
remembered: Protecting the way of truth, having given
up my life & kingdom, I thereby set free 100 captured
nobles as the man-eater lost his nerve. In honesty
I had thereby reached ultimate perfection.
Mahasutasoma-Jataka no. 537
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I undertake the training rule of refraining from false speech.
Honesty (Sacca) is the seventh perfection (parami)
Come On Now ! This One is the seventh one to adopt,
practice, develop, refine, & perfect resolutely:
Just as the stars & planets remain fixed in their orbit,
keeping the same steady course at all times & years,
exactly so never swerve or waver from the path of Truth,
then a Buddha's wisdom shall be yours!
Jataka Nidana (introduction)
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