• Numbered Discourses 4.148 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.148
  • 15. Brightness 15. Ābhāvagga

Bad Conduct Duccaritasutta

ā€œMendicants, there are these four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech. ā€œCattārimāni, bhikkhave, vacÄ«duccaritāni. What four? Katamāni cattāri? Speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical. Musāvādo, pisuṇā vācā, pharusā vācā, samphappalāpo—These are the four kinds of bad conduct by way of speech.ā€ Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri vacÄ«duccaritānÄ«ā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.