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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 13, pp. 239-246. Read by Ajahn Pasanno:

Suttas: Snp 1106-7 & 1111; Snp 1098; AN 1.182; SN 12.15; Iti 49; SN 12.48; SN 12.18; SN 12.67.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 28

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“In World War II, people hiding Jews in away in their home to protect them—how does this relate to [the precept about] lying?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [False speech]

Sutta: AN 1.183: Not everything true needs to be spoken. [Truth]

Commentary: Vyaghri Jātaka Jatakamala No. 1: The Bodhisatta feeds himself to a hungry tigress. (This story does not occur in the Pāli Jātaka.) [Jātaka Tales]

Right Speech and Living with Ourselves [2016], Session 4, Excerpt 2