Admonition

matter how right the cause it seeks to promote. Martin Luther, A Sincere Admonition to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion (1522),

as translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu The sutta includes an analogous admonition for hearing a sound with the ear, smelling an aroma with the nose, tasting

of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being

which are often more effectually corrected by ridicule, than by grave admonition. Men have been laughed out of faults which a sermon could not reform;

complain of others. Refrain from reprimanding them, and if you wish to give admonition or advice, let it be offered in such a way that it will not burden the