The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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So, good morning. Good day.

So, this is the fourth talk on why speech.

Today's talk is about beneficial speech.

It would have gave five criteria to be used as a reference point, as a support for why speech.

And to repeat what we've done so far is to, is that, now my mind just went blank.

Is it like, yeah, so that's amazing to have a mind that can't recall.

It's a little bit about coming out of meditation right now, that the words are not quite here yet.

But today's talk is the speech beneficial.

And the, so, the question then is, when we're about to speak or when we're speaking,

does it have a good impact? Is it beneficial what we're doing?

Is it helpful to have a conversation?

And the question is that, is one that makes us consider, what is it we want to accomplish?

Is it timely?

That's where they're timely. Is it true? Is it pleasant? Is it something that people, the way we speak it,

is it a way that people will listen with feeling that this is coming across with a kind, supportive voice?

Does it touch people's hearts, what we're going to say?

But is it beneficial?

And there are certainly times when we feel that we need to speak.

What's true?

Times when we feel like, you know, you kind of, we think it's time to do it.

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