Right Speech on the Noble Eightfold Path

The Metta Sutta as the heart of nonviolent communication

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When we take the traditional Five Precepts as part of a dedicated Dharma practice, we are first clearing our path of what is harmful. This is why the precepts are voiced in terms of what we don’t want to do. They provide the most basic description of a person committed to living as a human being in this realm: such a person lays a…