Ephrem the Syrian says, ‘Good speech is silver, but silence is pure gold.’ ” — Way of a Pilgrim - Ram Dass

We're being trained through our incarnations — trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.

We're fascinated by the words — but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

Maharajji invited a famous pundit to come to Kainchi and recite the Shrimad Bhagavatam. This man was used to reciting before large and very receptive crowds, and he complained to Maharajji that on this occasion he had to recite to only a few illiterate villagers. Maharajji gently rebuked him and said, “Don’t worry. Hanumanji is listening.