SW09: Conscious Conversation - Classical Sources

Every show in the Simple Wisdom series draws upon classical and contemporary sources. Here we provide some of the classical sources that inspired Irwin's teachings for this particular show. We hope that reflecting upon them will help to deepen your appropriation of the show's teaching.

Biblical Sources:

You shall not utter a false report.

Exodus 23:1
 

You shall not spread gossip among your people,
You shall not hate your brother in your heart,
You shall surely rebuke your fellow,
and not bear sin because of him.

Leviticus 19:16 -18

You shall not wrong one another [by means of speech that would anger or embarrass another].

Leviticus 25:17
 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Proverbs 18:21

Rabbinic Sources:

Every word that a person speaks is recorded, and on his day of reckoning will be repeated.

Lashon Hara (Evil speech) kills three people: the speaker, the listener, and the subject.

Mishnah, Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), 2:1
 

A person's tongue is more powerful than his sword. A sword can kill someone who is nearby; a tongue can cause the death of someone who is far away.

Talmud, Arachin 15b
 

Whoever shames his neighbor in front of others, is like one who sheds blood.

Talmud, Baba Metzia 58b

Other rabbinical sources:

,Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, Sefer Chafetz Chaim

Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, Guard Thy Tongue (Mesorah Press)

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