What is musavada in the five precepts?
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What is *musāvādā* in the five precepts?
On this five precepts page, it is translated as "incorrect speech", presumably by Ven. Thanissaro.
On this DN 27 page, Ven. Sujato translated it as "false speech".
In Iti 25 , Ven. Thanissaro instead translated it as lying.
From SN 45.8 , we read the definition of right speech as follows:
> And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech,
> from abusive speech, & from idle chatter: This is called right speech.
So what exactly is *musāvādā* in the five precepts?
Does it refer to only lying or untruthful speech?
Or is it considered "incorrect speech", the opposite of Right Speech, that includes lying, divisive speech and abusive speech?
If *musāvādā* is not "incorrect speech", the opposite of Right Speech, then what is the correct Pali term for the opposite of Right Speech?
Please provide references to suttas if available.
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Mar 28, 2021, 07:42 PM
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