In English
Talking too much hurts one’s mind and destroys one’s memory. The first thing that you have to do is to reduce too much talk. Tell yourselves, “Oh, Tongue! you know good taste and you are a sacred organ of the human body. You should always utter good words like , and .” The eye commits only one sin, that is bad vision. The ear commits only one sin, that is listening to bad things. However, the tongue commits four sins. It speaks untruth, blames others, carries tales about others and talks too much. The tongue thus commits four sins. In order to guard ourselves from the tongue committing these sins, we must make a determination to talk less. This is most important for the students. The energy that is present in you will diminish if you talk too much. It will also bring you disrepute. By talking too much, our friends will call us a bore when we approach them. Talking too much will weaken your nerves also. When your nerves become weak, you become a nervous wreck; and your tongue will also not be under control. It is because of this that our ancestors gave so much importance to silence. They observed silence over long periods of time. If the same tongue is used to talk about the Lord, it will also remain steady. However, that is the right thing to do; and if you use your tongue to talk about the Lord, it will also become sacred. To illustrate this, I will give an example. If you have a radio receiver and use it constantly, you consume 10 or 20 units of power. In that context, if the radio in us keeps on talking ever since we are born, imagine how much power is spent. We see, that to the extent we minimise our talking, we promote the intelligence that is present in us. I am hoping that by following such a path, you will be able to take your life along the sacred path.