Friends:

Harmful is all false speech, lying, pretending, deceiving, & misleading!

Once in Savatthi, the Blessed Buddha said this:

What, householder friends, is the Dhamma explanation befitting for oneself? Here, householder friends, a Noble Disciple reflects thus: If someone were to damage my welfare with false speech, lying, pretending, deceiving, & misleading, that would neither be pleasing nor agreeable to me. Similarly, if I were speak false to, lie to, pretend, deceive, and mislead another being, that would damage that being's welfare & would neither be pleasing nor agreeable nor acceptable to that other being either....

What is displeasing and disagreeable to me, is also displeasing and disagreeable to any other being too. How can I harm & hurt another being with what provoke annoy and exasperate myself? Having reflected repeatedly thus, then gradually:

1: He/she will carefully avoid all false speech, deception, and deceitfulness...
2: He/she will persuade others also to abstain from all false speech and lying...
3: He/she will praise speaking only honest, trustworthy, plain, straight Truth...
 

In this very way is this advantageous verbal behaviour purified in 3 respects!!
 

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:354-5] section 55: Sotāpattisamyutta. Thread 7: To the people at the Bamboo gate...
 

One should never harm other beings by Deceiving them with False Speech!
 

More on Not Deceiving:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Truth_Triumphs.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Speech.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Fourfold_Right_Speech.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Optimal_Observance_IV.htm
 

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