ONCE YOU TELL A LIE, YOU NEED TEN MORE LIES TO COVER THE LIE
Master Jun Hong Lu: Many people are inclined to inject lies to even the short sentences they speak. Once you tell a lie, you need ten more lies to cover the lie. For instance, you tell your boss, “Boss, I’ll be late for work today because the bus…” and when your manager casually probes, “Which bus? Which route? or what time?”, you are dumbfounded.
Therefore, we should never tell lies. Instead, we should always speak words of kindness. Do you know just how powerful one kind word can be? This is what the Bodhisattva conveyed to me: one single word of kindness wins praises from all the Buddhas of the Ten Directions.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Public Talk, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 December 2015
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