Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
XXII. Akkosaka-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XXII: The Abuser
Sutta 214
Bahu-Bhāṇi Suttaṃ
A Man Full of Talk
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, there are these five disadvantages
to a person full of talk.
What five?
He talks falsely,
he talks maliciously,
talks roughly,
talks as a vain babbler[1]
and on the breaking up of the body after death
he arises in the wayward way,
the ill way,
the abyss,
hell.
Monks, these are the five disadvantages
to a person full of talk.
§
Monks, there are these five advantages
to a person discreet[2] in talk.
What five?
He does not talk falsely,
he does not talk maliciously,
he does not talk roughly,
he does not talk as a vain babbler
and on the breaking up of the body after death
he arises in the happy world,
the heavon world.
[1] Sampha-p-palāpa; Cf. 2 Timothy ii, 16: 'Shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness.'
[2] S.e. with text manta-, Comy. observing: mantā vuccati paññā, tāya paricchinditvā bhaṇante; Cf. SnA. 204. Our Comy. notes: matta-bhāṇismim ti mattā vuccati paññā; iti kesuci.
