Question

Is Truthfulness more than not talking lies?

Answer

Yes. It can go quite deep. Truthfulness to our direction, truthfulness to our ethics, truthfulness to the truth. Honestly investigating into our views to see whether they are true or not. Truthfulness is a big subject. Being truthful to ourselves is probably the most difficult, but it's essential for getting to right view. Because oftentimes we will justify our particular reactions because then we don't have to change, so being truthful to ourselves, about our intentions is very helpful for transforming them into right view and right intention. So yes, truthfulness is more than just not telling lies to others, it's also being truthful in our thoughts, in our intentions.

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