Furthermore, an ethical person enters any kind of assembly bold and self-assured, whether it’s an assembly of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, or ascetics. This is the third benefit.
Furthermore, an ethical person dies not feeling lost. This is the fourth benefit.
Furthermore, when an ethical person’s body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. This is the fifth benefit.
These are the five benefits for an ethical person because of their accomplishment in ethics.”
Numbered Discourses 5.214 22. Abuse Someone Who Talks a Lot
“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks for an individual who talks a lot. What five? They use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These are the five drawbacks for an individual who talks a lot.
There are these five benefits for an individual who talks thoughtfully. What five? They don’t use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. These are the five benefits for an individual who talks thoughtfully.”
Numbered Discourses 5.215 22. Abuse Intolerance (1st)