sn55.7:7.1 Furthermore, a noble disciple reflects:
sn55.7:7.2 ‘If someone were to distort my meaning by lying, I wouldn’t like it.
sn55.7:7.3 But if I were to distort someone else’s meaning by lying, they wouldn’t like it either.
sn55.7:7.4 The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by someone else.
sn55.7:7.5 Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on others?’
sn55.7:7.6 Reflecting in this way, they give up lying themselves. And they encourage others to give up lying, praising the giving up of lying.
sn55.7:7.7 So their verbal behavior is purified in three points.