The day when entire Island comes to a standstill is called Nyepi, meaning “to keep silent” and falls on the day after the dark moon of the spring equinox when the day and night are of approximately…
Category : Silence
by Carrie Shearer In 1963, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sang about The Sounds of Silence. A West African proverb states, “Silence is also speech”. English poet Thomas Carlyle translated the phrase “Silence is Golden”…
by Buddhistdoor International Buddhistdoor view One of the more irksome things about contemporary living is the constant, gleeful denigration of the individual state of solitude. Instead of being praised as an essential part of good…
In the Lankavatara Sutra there is a combined word, Vivikta – Dharma which means the Dharma of Solitude. When you experience it for yourself, you will meet the Buddha in this koan. You will know,…
“Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.”
by Rachel Astarte Piccione “I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.” Audrey Hepburn What does solitude…
SILENCE IS THE NEW LUXURY And it looks like it is a new trend sweeping the globe, promoting mindfulness and meditation as a counterweight to the hectic and noisy world we live in today. We…
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk into the language-river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are…
“Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.”
“A heart worth loving is one you understand, even in silence.”
