The 32 types of unskillful talks ( Dethis Katha ) :
A lay devotee must refrain from 32 types of unskillful talks
after observing eight or ten precepts or any kind of Uposatha Sila as these
talks of the ordinary people not conductive to good, to giving up, to
detachment, to cessation, to appeasement, to knowledge, to enlightenment. They
are:
1. Raja katha - Talk about kings,
2. Chora Katha - Talk about robbers,
3. Mahamachcha Katha - Talk about ministers,
4. Sena Katha - Talk about armies,
5. Bhaya Katha - Talk about fears,
6. Uadda Katha - Talk about wars,
7. Anna Katha - Talk about eatables,
8. Paana Katha - Talk about drinks,
9. Waththa Katha - Talk about clothes,
10. Mala Katha- Talk about flowers,
11. Ghanda Katha - Talk about scents,
12. Knathi Katha - Talk about relations,
13. Yana Katha - Talk about Vehicles or conveyances,
14. Gama Katha - Talk about villages,
15. Nigama Katha - Talk about hamlets,
16. Nagaralankara Katha - Talk about towns,
17. Janapada Katha - Talk about states,
18. Eththi Katha - Talk about women,
19. Shura Katha - Talk about heroes,
20. Sura Katha - Talk about intoxicants,
21.Visika Katha - gossip at the street corner and
22. Kumbattana Katha - gossip at the well,
23. Pubba Petha Katha - Talk of those dead and gone,
24. Narnatta Katha - various useless talk apart from these
32.
25. Lokaikika Katha - Talk about the beginning of the world,
26. Samuddakkaikika Katha - Talk about the ocean,
27. Shaswatha Ditti Katha - Talk about eternal soul after
death,
28. Uchcheda Ditti Katha - Talk about annihilation of soul
after death,
29. Wuridi Katha - Talking about others prosperity,
30. Hani Katha - Talking about others debacle or less
fortune,
31. Pancha Kama Suka Katha : Talking about various sensuous
pleasures,
32. Attakilamathanuyogi Katha - Talking about Self
mortification as a form of liberation.
By engaging in these 32 types of talks, one will develop
greed (lobha), ill-will (Dosa), ignorance (Moha) which are hazardous to the
eight fold path or Nibbana. There fore one must abstain from these 32 types of
talks & engage in 10 types of useful talks Preached in Rathavineeta Sutta
in Majjima Nikaya which will be discussed in the next post.
May all beings be well & happy and attain the fruits of
Nibbana.
Suranda Weediyage
BA, Tripitakachariya, Dip in Pali/ Buddhism (Pali & Buddhist University of Sri Lanka), HNDBF,
surandalk@gmail.com
http://www.thebuddhadhamma.wordpress.com
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