Meditation On Gossip By Lillian

Venerable Namgyel Offers Us Continued Guidance  On The Teachings Of Karma Covering...

LYING

Lying comprises of...

The object - another person able to understand you

The intention - discrimination, the unmistaken recognition of the content of the lie

The motive - to fully intend to deceive somebody

The delusion - attachment, anger, or jealousy.

The action - speech or non speach actions causing others to believe something that may not be true

The completion, the moment when someone understands and believes your lie

DIVISIVE SPEECH

Divisive speech is speech intended to divide a relationship and separate those involved.

The object - two or more people who share a relationship,  where divisive speech is used to cause damage to the relationship situation or schism

The Intention - the discrimination, correct recognition of the parties involved and their relationship, and that your speech can go against them

The motive - the state of mind where you fully intend to cause disunity

The delusion - attachment, anger

The action - undertaking to cause either separation or prevent a reconciliation

The completion - when the parties understand and believe what you have told them.

HARSH SPEECH

Comprises of...

The object - any living being that can be hurt by what you say (or the feeling behind it in the case of animals)

The intention - discrimination, correctly identifying the object to be insulted.

The motive -  to fully intend to speak harsh or abusive words

The delusion -  attachment, anger, or ignorance/speaking uncontrollably through the force of habit

The action - Speaking rudely, harshly, critically, abusively, insultingly, with a negative intention

The completion - When the other person understands and is hurt by your words

IDLE GOSSIP

One of the easiest negative actions to perform comprising of...

The object - something insignificant, meaningless and unimportant which you are treating as significant, meaningful, and important

The intention - discrimination in viewing whatever you wish to say as significant and important and meaningful, even though it's not.

The motive - the state of mind in which you fully intend to gossip and indulge in idle talk (which has the tendency to turn negative).

The delusion - the primary delusion is the ignorance of not understanding that what you have to say is meaningless and unimportant

The action - to speak without purpose, which is a great waste of time and stimulates other delusions to arise and can start to turn negative

The completion - having spoken the words