Friends:

    Sweet is Verbal, Bodily and Mental Silence!

 

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Kāyamunim vācāmunim,

manomunimanāsavam,

munim moneyyasampannam.

Āhu ninhātapāpakam.

Silent in body, silent in speech,

silent in mind, without agitation,

blessed with silence is the sage.

Such One is truly washed of evil.
Itivuttaka 3.67

 

SILENCED
If silent as a broken bell,
such one is close to Nibbana,
and far away from arrogance.
Dhammapada 134

 

More on this sweetly silenced Tranquillity (Passaddhi):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Calm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Forest_Bliss.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Silenced.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Tranquillity.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Tranquillity_Passaddhi.htm

 

Agitation never helps!