'Keep noble silence.' This was Buddha's teaching. Is there a difference between ordinary silence and noble silence?
Ordinary silence is mindless. Noble silence is mindful. Alert as the
listening doe between a taste of dandelions and a munch of violets. Yet
relaxed as an otter on its back in a wave.
Ordinary silence is the absence of noise. Noble silence is the fullness
of Being. It is pure awareness, free from the chatter of conceptual
thought.
Jesus asked, "Who of you by taking thought can add one inch to your stature?" Peace comes through Being, not through argument.
When thought melts away, past and future dissolve into Presence.
Mind sinks into the groundless, journeys deep into the virgin forest of
the heart. There, in noble silence, one sees all causes entangled in
causelessness. One sees golden emptiness pervading all creatures. One
sees sparkling stillness in all action.
A silent heart irradiates the world with compassion.
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