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### Anguttara Nikaya V.198

# Vaca Sutta

# A Statement

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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"Monks, a statement endowed with five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken. It is blameless & unfaulted by knowledgeable people. Which five?

"It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of good-will.

"A statement endowed with these five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken. It is blameless & unfaulted by knowledgeable people."

Revised: Thu 17 May 2001