Vulgar Talks for Monks
So I delve into Dhamma in that sense to Samutta Nikaya (56:10) to repeat a verse told to monks would suffice to convince myself why I should not be a journalist.
This can be rephrased why a Buddhist monk should be a conveyor of Dhamma message sans journalistic endeavour.
Buddha states 28 of his qualifications of vulgar talk to monks.
Numerically in order as was said by the Lord Buddha are as follows.
Manifold vulgar talks are
1. Talk about Kings (Presidents, Prime Ministers and Tyrants)
2. Talk about Robbers (Robber barons, the multinational businessmen)
3. Talk about Ministers
4. Talk about armies
5. Talk about dangers
6. Talk about wars
7. Talk about food
8. Talk about drink
9. Talk about cloths
10. Talk about dwellings
11. Talk about garlands
12. Talk about perfumes
13. Talk about relations
14. Talk about conveyances (transfer of property)
15. Talk about villages
16. Talk about hamlets
17. Talk about towns
18. Talk about countries
19. Talk about women
20. Talk about heroes
21. Talk about street talk
22. Talk about ghosts
23. Talk about ancestors
24. Talk about gossip
25. Talk about land
26. Talk about sea
27. Talk about gain (credit market)
28. Talk about loss (stock exchange)
To this another four are added in another verse
1. Eternity (unending)
2. Annihilation (reduced to nothing)
3. Sensual gratification
4. Self mortification
What a Buddhist monk as a journalist should talk about are about greedlessness, hatelessness and undeludedness (wisdom) and any other talk is senseless and does not lead to liberation or salvation.
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