Speak at the right time
Offer speech when it is timely and likely to be useful rather than merely impulsive.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Speak with goodwill
Let truthful speech be motivated by care rather than cruelty, revenge, or humiliation.
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
- 9/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 0/41
- Represented systems
- 9/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/9
17.3%
0.0%
9.7%
11.1%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Let truthful speech be motivated by care rather than cruelty, revenge, or humiliation.
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
Overall %: source 9.6 · recomputed 9.6774
Evidence, mapping by mapping
9 selected mappings
Ananda Marga Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Yama, Niyama, morality, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.anandamarga.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Tantric yoga tradition
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8675. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials
Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, doctrinal or institutional authority, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8676. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · 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 8677. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Maimonides' Sefer HaMitzvot and Mishneh Torah, with Torah source texts
Open original source ↗ www.chabad.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Jewish
Jewish commandments may be ritual, civil, agricultural, Temple-specific, group-specific, or universally ethical; mapping does not erase those distinctions.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8678. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Meher Baba messages on love, sacrifice, renunciation, control, service, and truth
Open original source ↗ www.mehercenter.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, translation, historical setting, institutional authority, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8679. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Friends General Conference materials on peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and stewardship
Open original source ↗ www.fgcquaker.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian peace tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8680. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · 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 8681. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
AN 5.198: speech should be spoken with goodwill
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 8682. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Speak with goodwill · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Unity Five Principles and teachings on lived truth, spiritual worth, prayer, meditation, and equality
Open original source ↗ www.unity.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / New Thought Christian
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 8683. 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 beneficially
Use speech that contributes to understanding, healing, moral growth, or legitimate protection.
Practice moral vigilance
Regularly examine conduct, motives, habits, and consequences so harmful patterns are recognized early.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 278 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 340 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 596 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 31 |
| Religions Sharing | 9 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 17.3 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 0 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 0 |
| All Systems Sharing | 9 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 9.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 11.1 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 0 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 17.3 |
Religion-weighted commonality