ivisive speech, abstains from harsh speech, abstains from idle chatter. This is called verbal sagacity. "And what is mental sagacity? There is the case where a monk who—with the ending of effluents—enters & remains in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having directly known & realized it for himself right in the here & now. This is called mental sagacity. "These, monks, are the three forms of sagacity." A sage in body, a sage in speech, a sage in mind, without effluent, a sage consummate in sagacity is said to have abandoned everything —the All.1 Note 1. See SN 35:23. See also: Iti 67–68; Sn 1:1; Sn 1:3; Sn 1:12; Sn 3:11; Sn 4:16; Sn 5:7; Sn 5:9 - --> - - - -