In one of his discourses, Venerable Sariputta said, 'When one who teaches wishes to teach another, let him establish five good qualities and then teach. Let him think:
- I will speak at the right time, not at the wrong time.
- I will speak about what reality is, not about what is not.
- I will speak with gentleness, not with harshness.
- I will speak about the goal, not about what is not the goal.
- I will speak with a mind filled with love, not with a mind filled with ill-will.
~ (A, lll, 195 translated by Ven. S. Dhammika)
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