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