One Day an acquaintance came to meet Chanakya and said to him excitedly, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” ‘Just wait a while’, Chanakya replied.“Before you tell me anything I would like you to pass a little test which I call the Triple Filter Test.
The first filter is “Turth”. Are you sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”
“No”, the man said, “Actually, I just heard about it.”
“All right”, said Chanakya. “So you don’t really know if it is true or not.
Now let us try the second filter, the filter of “Goodness”.
Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?
“No, on the contrary..”
“So” , the Chanakya continued, “You want to tell me something
bad about him but you are not certain it is true. You may still
pass the last test i.e “Usefulness”. Is what you want to tell me
about my friend going to be useful to me?
No, Not really….
“Well”,continued Chanakya, “If what you want to tell me may not be TRUE and is
neither GOOD nor USEFUL, why tell it to me at all?
Reflection: Simple yardsticks for measuring all and any types of communication.
----One should not indulge in false, fruitless and trifling speech…..Markhandeya Smriti
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