Uncovering the Mysterious Advantages of Quiet A Buddhist Story about the Influence of Quietude
There was a huge hermitage of Gautam Buddha in a village. A famous Buddhist teacher lived there. There one of his disciples used to speak a lot. He used to talk here and there all the time. When he went to collect donations, he would bring a new storey from every house and tell it to the other disciples of the ashram. He used to talk bad about one disciple to another, backbiting and tried to be good in front of others. He used to praise himself from his own mouth and always tried to prove himself to be the most intelligent and best in front of the guru. He considered himself different and superior to all the disciples. He said that I am a child of a rich family. If I wanted, I could have lived a comfortable and full of facilities life. But I left all that and came here because I have to discover the truth, to know myself, to know life. That's why my sacrifice is bigger than all of you. One day the guru called all the disciples of the ashram and said, All of you have to take some r...