Beneficial Speech
True speech should also be beneficial, contributing to the wellbeing of others.
Beyond mere accuracy, Jain truth-telling aims to benefit the hearer. Gossip, even if true, serves no beneficial purpose and should be avoided. Speech should uplift and help.
Speak what is true, speak what is beneficial, speak what is pleasant.
Beneficial speech filters what truth to express.
Ethics
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- What Jainism says about compassion and forgiveness
Being accurate is not enough for speech to pass here. It should also be of use to the person hearing it, which rules out true gossip.