A surreal painting that focuses on the Fourth Precept astaught by the Buddha about abstaining from wrongful speech like idle gossip,rumour , slander , libel etc.
It shows how such wrongs could lead to poisonous or toxic outcome as depictedwith a beautiful but highly poisonous Niyangala (Sinhala) or Gloriosa Superbaand the toxic Kaduru fruit. As salvation from such negativity the paintingshows the power of meditation depicted with a Dharmachakra on a Bodhi leaf.