https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-vaca/index.html
Learn the definition, benefits, and criteria of right speech, the third factor of the Noble Eightfold Path. Explore how to avoid lying, divisive, abusive, and idle speech, and how to speak truthfully, beneficially, and with goodwill.

https://zenstudiespodcast.com/right-speech/
Learn how to speak factually, helpfully, kindly, pleasantly, and timely according to the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. Explore the four kinds of speech to avoid and the five things to consider before speaking.

https://www.learnreligions.com/right-speech-450072
Right Speech is one of the four parts of the Noble Eightfold Path, which guides Buddhists to enlightenment. It involves speaking truthfully, kindly, and wisely, and listening mindfully to others. Learn more about the meaning, practice, and benefits of Right Speech.

https://www.deepdharma.org/beliefs/right-speech/
Learn about the importance and benefits of right speech, one of the eight aspects of the Buddhist path. Explore the lists, qualities, practices and examples of right and wrong speech from various sources and traditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path
Right Speech: no lying, no rude speech, no telling one person what another says about him to cause discord or harm their relationship, no idle chatter. Right Conduct or Action: no killing or injuring, no taking what is not given, no sexual misconduct, no material desires. Right Livelihood: no trading in weapons, living beings, meat, liquor, or

https://www.lionsroar.com/right-speech/
To practice right speech, we first make an intentional commitment to the Buddha's guidelines, both because following them has a beneficial impact on others and because they provide us with an ethical scaffold to purify our minds and actions. Then we take a breath, rest in the body, and become aware of our intentions, state of mind, and body.

https://tricycle.org/article/practice-right-speech-anywhere/
Learn how to cultivate right speech, one of the eight limbs of the Buddha's eightfold path, by avoiding lying, divisive, harsh, and meaningless speech. Explore the benefits of speaking truthfully, kindly, and mindfully, and how to listen well and avoid impure speech.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/NobleEightfoldPath/Section0007.html
This is why right speech is a factor of the path. The way we talk to ourselves has a lot to do with the way we've heard other people talk, and the way we've been talking to others. So if most of the recordings in the mind are of unskillful speech, you're going to find yourself engaging in unskillful speech in your meditation as well.

https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/right-speech-samma-vaca/
Learn the Buddha's teaching on right speech, which consists of four components: abstaining from false, slanderous, harsh, and idle speech. Explore the reasons, consequences, and benefits of speaking the truth and avoiding lies, gossip, insults, and chatter.

https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Right_Speech
Right speech (sammà vàcà) is the third step on the Buddha's Eightfold Path.Speech is the ability to form and utter words, an ability unique to human beings. Because of its power to do good but also harm, the Buddha laid great stress on Right Speech.. He defined Right Speech as speaking words that are truthful, useful, spoken at the right time and motivated by kindness and compassion (M.I

https://www.buddhist-spirituality.net/eightfold-path/right-speech
Learn what right speech means in Buddhism and how to cultivate it. Find out the four types of unwholesome speech to avoid and the qualities of wholesome speech to develop.

https://buddhist-spirituality.com/suffering-end/the-eightfold-path/right-speech
Right speech, explained in negative terms, means avoiding four types of harmful speech: lies (words spoken with the intent of misrepresenting the truth); divisive speech (spoken with the intent of creating rifts between people); harsh speech (spoken with the intent of hurting another person's feelings); and idle chatter (spoken with no

https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/OnThePath/Section0010.html
Right speech. Right speech is defined as abstaining from four types of wrong speech: lies, divisive tale-bearing, harsh speech, and idle chatter. Lies are statements that intentionally misstate the facts of a case. The Vinaya's discussion of its training rule against lying shows that the intention defining a lie here is not so much the

https://www.beingpeacefully.com/dharma-blog/mastering-buddhist-right-speech-a-guide-to-idle-speech-and-small-talk
A Complete Guide to Idle Speech and Small Talk for Buddhists. In this practical teaching, I review the lesser-discussed notion of "idle speech," one of the components of Buddhist Right Speech — the third factor of the Noble Eightfold Path. I also detail and provide examples of how practising Buddhists can skilfully engage in everyday small

https://buddhaweekly.com/the-noble-eightfold-path/
right understanding, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right attention, right concentration, and right meditation. This, monks, is the middle path, by which the one who has thus come has gained enlightenment, which produces insight and knowledge, and leads to peace, wisdom, enlightenment, and nirvana.

https://tricycle.org/article/family-dharma-right-speech-reconsidered/
Learn how to practice Right Speech, one of the Five Precepts and the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism, with mindfulness and compassion. Explore the benefits of Right Speech for personal and social well-being, and the challenges of applying it in family contexts.

https://lotusbuddhas.com/right-speech-in-buddhism.html
Right Speech in Buddhism is about mindful, ethical and constructive communication. It's a key practice in cultivating a path towards enlightenment, encouraging individuals to be conscious of their words and their impacts, promoting truthfulness, unity, respect and purposefulness in their daily interactions. Right Speech belongs to verbal karma.

https://www.buddhanet.net/4noble24.htm
Right Understanding and Right Aspiration have a definite influence on what we do and say. So panna, or wisdom, leads to sila: Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. Sila refers to our speech and actions; with sila we contain the sexual drive or the violent use of the body - we do not use it for killing or stealing.

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/speech.html
Right speech, explained in negative terms, means avoiding four types of harmful speech: lies (words spoken with the intent of misrepresenting the truth); divisive speech (spoken with the intent of creating rifts between people); harsh speech (spoken with the intent of hurting another person's feelings); and idle chatter (spoken with no

https://tricycle.org/ebooks/tricycle-teachings-right-speech/
One of the Five Precepts for ethical conduct, traditionally Right Speech is defined as the avoidance of four types of harmful communication: lies, divisive speech, harsh speech, and idle chatter. Even with these clear directions, though, factoring Right Speech into our daily lives can be exceedingly difficult. Tricycle Teachings: Right Speech is full of insight […]

https://mindfulness-israel.org/en/right-speech/
This text formed the basis of a dharma talk for the day of mindfulness on right speech on May 11, 2019. Excerpts from Chapter 12 "Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening in order to relieve suffering and to promote reconciliation and peace in myself and among other people

https://www.thecontemplativelife.org/blog/the-eightfold-noble-path-right-speech-right-action-right-livelihood
As with Right Speech, Right Action is presented in terms of abstentions, specifically: 1. Abstaining from taking of life. 2. Abstaining from taking what is not given. 3. Abstaining from sexual misconduct. Again, Bodhi quotes the Buddha's words for each. "Herein someone avoids the taking of life and abstains from it.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/06/25/biden-trump-debate-free-speech/74170141007/
In my book "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage," released last week, I discuss our long struggle with free speech as a nation. It is an unvarnished history with powerful

https://reason.com/2024/06/26/a-landmark-free-speech-ruling-is-coming-from-the-supreme-court/
UPDATE: The Court has issued a 6-3 decision in Murthy v. Missouri, holding that the plaintiffs lack standing. A case pending at the U.S. Supreme Court stems from the efforts a multitude of

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-25/newsom-state-of-the-state-speech-california
Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State speech in a pre-recorded video shared on social media. The address is typically delivered live before California lawmakers.

https://tricycle.org/article/buddhist-communication-right-speech/
Cultivating right speech is similar to cultivating helpful mind-states. Both lead to increased harmony and peace. As we develop more awareness of our habits of speech, we step back and become more discerning about which thoughts and feelings to express (lovingkindness, compassion, etc.) and which to simply notice and let go (hatred

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-law-free-speech-nonprofits-697890154d0c5777513d033c4e727aa2
The libertarian public interest firm Institute For Justice and Reason Foundation also filed a brief Thursday supporting TikTok's free speech claims. Both groups have received donations from the Susquehanna Foundation, a sister organization to the trading firm co-founded by prominent ByteDance investor and Republican megadonor Jeff Yass.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/free-speech-harvard-faculty/678740/
The speech he proposed to target doesn't trigger any of the well-recognized exceptions to free-speech protection, such as extortion, bribery, libel, and sexual harassment; violation of time

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/27/tiktok-law-free-speech-nonprofits/822bb3b8-349d-11ef-872a-1d22f44a0d95_story.html
Like the civil liberties and free speech groups, many TikTok creators have opposed the measure, which marks the first time the U.S. has singled out a social media company for a potential ban.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/biden-trump-fact-check-debate.html
James Singer, a spokesman for Mr. Biden's campaign, pointed to Mr. Trump's praise for the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a federal right to abortion and that "the abortion bans he