Silence & Solitude


Our true nature is Silence
Alien is noise for the man
When inner peace is broken
Silence attempts to survive
By hanging on our lips!

When in solitude & in silence
You become one with everyone!
You become one with everything!

To be in solitude & in silence
In no way means
That you are isolated!
You are one with
Everyone & Everything!

The vas offers a form to emptiness
And music offers a form to Silence!


by Bhikkhu Mandawala Pannawansa Thero


( January 20, Paris, Sri Lanka Guardian)