When people ask a question that we hastily answer, it may not be right speech. When people ask a question and we sit still and don’t answer, it could be right speech. Because there are questions that should not be answered. That silence is the thunderous silence of the Serpent Catcher. Just being silent is eloquent enough to show the other person the truth. Especially when the questions are meant…
In the process of practicing, everyone knows that it is very difficult to keep mindfulness to purify oral karma. Gossip (spoiling, small talk) is a disease that is difficult to cure but easily contagious. Buddha taught: Husband and wife living together must remember two words to practice speech So, even though it was actively prevented and extinguished by the practitioners, if given the opportunity, gossip broke out, even in the…