Train conduct before seeking higher insight
Treat basic moral discipline as a necessary foundation for concentration, wisdom, and spiritual development.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Speak beneficially
Use speech that contributes to understanding, healing, moral growth, or legitimate protection.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 4/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 0/41
- Represented systems
- 4/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/4
7.7%
0.0%
4.3%
25.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Use speech that contributes to understanding, healing, moral growth, or legitimate protection.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Evidence, mapping by mapping
4 selected mappings
Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak beneficially · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official tenets and Church Manual ethics
Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9948. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Shinnyo-en Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak beneficially · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Shinnyo-en teaching on integrity, meditation, wisdom, compassion, altruism, and Buddha nature
Open original source ↗ shinnyoen.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, institutional authority, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9949. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak beneficially · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Soto Zen official precept and practice framework
Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9950. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Speak beneficially · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
AN 5.198: speech should be beneficial
Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9951. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Speak at the right time
Offer speech when it is timely and likely to be useful rather than merely impulsive.
Speak with goodwill
Let truthful speech be motivated by care rather than cruelty, revenge, or humiliation.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 433 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 504 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 595 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 36 |
| Religions Sharing | 4 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 7.7 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 0 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 0 |
| All Systems Sharing | 4 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 4.3 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 25 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 0 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 7.7 |
Specialized or emerging teaching