sn55.7:10.1 Furthermore, a noble disciple reflects:
sn55.7:10.2 ‘If someone were to annoy me by talking silliness and nonsense, I wouldn’t like it.
sn55.7:10.3 But if I were to annoy someone else by talking silliness and nonsense, they wouldn’t like it either.’
sn55.7:10.4 The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by another.
sn55.7:10.5 Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on another?’
sn55.7:10.6 Reflecting in this way, they give up talking nonsense themselves. And they encourage others to give up talking nonsense, praising the giving up of talking nonsense.
sn55.7:10.7 So their verbal behavior is purified in three points.