No 749 of Living Life Series 1
Silence is golden. The silence of God and saints is obvious and for good measure. If God and saints speak to us in the way we speak to one another, then they are more human than God and saints.
If they are silent, it is because they need not speak. They have left the doctrine and through the doctrine they have spoken.
When there is no consensus, rather than speak and create more problems, they should remain silent.
If they are silent, it is because they need not speak. They have left the doctrine and through the doctrine they have spoken.
When there is no consensus, rather than speak and create more problems, they should remain silent.
The issues of men are many and plentiful. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) often says and this is due to the nature of life and not living in doctrine - the lack of yin yang balance.
The best recourse is to have silence as often at least one party involved may not see the need to live in doctrine. If one hand keeps away, how can two hands come together to clap and create noise.
Silence is still golden. That is why many go to temples on special days to stay away, live in purity of thought and keep the silence. They may refer to this as observing precepts.
When all parties live in doctrine, there are less issues. But as they are still learning, there will still be some issues and it is still good to have silence.
When all parties involved do not live in doctrine, issues are many. Even if they don't know doctrine, just by keeping silence, the issues will end up less.
Even when there are no problems in a temple, silence may still be good. If an individual decides to adopt the religion of that temple, he must do so quietly and not make a fuss and much noise as to raise the ire of those in the temple he came from. Then there will be more peace with less of ill-will.
It is often best to have silence. In simple Chinese language, it is simply put as keeping the mouth shut.
Chinese dialect groups have differing cultural traditions but the various groups coexist side by side mainly because they naturally chose silence and not speak out. For example in one dialect group, during marriage, the parents in laws must hide away in their house when the bride arrives with the bridegroom.
They believe that by doing so, there will be no future conflict of bride with the parents in laws for their marital life. But other dialect groups do not do so, yet there are no issues in inter-dialect marriages all because one party keeps the gap shut.
This illustrates the need to keep the mouth shut though keeping the ears and eyes open. There is need too to continue this practice even in religion, between religions and within a religion or sect.
By keeping the silence, religions can flourish uninhibited even with adherents airing not-so-kind remarks on one another in their own circles. This has been the case all along.
When all parties live in doctrine, there are less issues. But as they are still learning, there will still be some issues and it is still good to have silence.
When all parties involved do not live in doctrine, issues are many. Even if they don't know doctrine, just by keeping silence, the issues will end up less.
Even when there are no problems in a temple, silence may still be good. If an individual decides to adopt the religion of that temple, he must do so quietly and not make a fuss and much noise as to raise the ire of those in the temple he came from. Then there will be more peace with less of ill-will.
It is often best to have silence. In simple Chinese language, it is simply put as keeping the mouth shut.
Chinese dialect groups have differing cultural traditions but the various groups coexist side by side mainly because they naturally chose silence and not speak out. For example in one dialect group, during marriage, the parents in laws must hide away in their house when the bride arrives with the bridegroom.
They believe that by doing so, there will be no future conflict of bride with the parents in laws for their marital life. But other dialect groups do not do so, yet there are no issues in inter-dialect marriages all because one party keeps the gap shut.
This illustrates the need to keep the mouth shut though keeping the ears and eyes open. There is need too to continue this practice even in religion, between religions and within a religion or sect.
By keeping the silence, religions can flourish uninhibited even with adherents airing not-so-kind remarks on one another in their own circles. This has been the case all along.
