Silence...!

Today’s story doesn’t have any morale…! How is that? Well, I guess sometimes it is good to have just fun and don’t push hard to discover something every time. If you find it otherwise and do find any insight, please let me know and I will be grateful…!

The pupils of the Tendai School used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence.

On the first day all were silent. Their meditation had begun auspiciously, but when night came and the oil lamps were growing dim one of the pupils could not help exclaiming to a servant: “Fix those lamps.”

The second pupil was surprised to hear the first one talk. “We are not supposed to say a word,” he remarked. “You two are stupid. Why did you talk?” asked the third.

“I am the only one who has not talked,” concluded the fourth pupil.

Try to practice the 'Sphere of Silence' and Stay tuned…!