Gopala How many times I have to bring out your ignorance of your
own language; now hopping on sanskrit; and telling about wrong and right?;
silence is golden only for meditation; speech is for bringing about,
exposing the folly of yours. Gopala why you do not observe absolutely those
2 verses of 4th and 8th mandala of Rig veda (only 2 verses in the whole rig
vedam about the 2 rishis) in detail for me to learn?; or sit with closed
mouth speechless and accept your avivekam/ I wish I learn a good treatise
from you in 24 hrs. You will not do anything because your gray material is
absolute clay only  Pl do it K Rajaram IRS 24426  karkka kasadara katrapin?

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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 07:50
Subject: Re: [KeralaIyers] Re: Conversation
To: <[email protected]>


Respected Mr Rajaram,
Do you follow the principle told here?I will be happy to read about
anything you follow atleast 25 percent.You wait for moment to find fault
with others and only aim to show your half baked knowledge.
Your translations of Sanskrit are wrong many times.
I keep quiet because I follow the 2nd principle.
Requesting to write on topics you follow atleast 25 percent.
RGK

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On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 7:22, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<[email protected]> wrote:

‘Speech is sliver and silence is golden’. But Chanakya goes one step
further and says that one who eats in silence will have respect in heaven
for ever.

sloka-9 in Chapter 11 0f Chanakya Niti:

One who has meals for a full year in silence gets respect in heaven for a
thousand crore Yugas.

Yastu samvatsaram purnam nityam maunena bhunchati

yugakotisahasram tu svargaloke mahiyate.

A Swiss inscription says, “Sprehfien ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden’

These phrases are only a few centuries old. But Indian phrases are older
than these.

There is some logic behind eating in silence and getting great benefits.
Many of the times we don’t appreciate the good things in cooking done by
wives or mothers. They do it well for 90 out of 100 days. But when it s not
up to the mark in the ten out of 100 days we shout at them or at least we
criticise them, saying this has no salt or this has too much salt, this is
very spicy, this is very oily etc. If we eat in silence this would not
happen. And both the cook and the person who took the food feel contented
and happy.

In another sloka Chanakya says,

Silent Prayer

We all know the great saint of Tiruvannamalai Sri Ramana Maharishi cleared
the doubts of thousands of devotees in silence. Even people like Paul
Brunton (author of Search in Secret India) acknowledged that they got
answers for their questions by simply in front of him, who most of the
times maintained silence.

Chanakya says,

udyoge naasti darityam japato naasti patakam

maune cha kalaho naasti naasti jagarite bhayam

The meaning is.th exertion there is no poverty; one who offeres silent
prayer incurs no sin. In silence there is no quarrel. For one who is wide
awake there is no fear.

This advice is also very practical. If everyone maintains silence, the
world will be a better place to live in. In silence there is no quarrel.

One who does prayer in silence, gets more benefit. In our own time we have
seen Ramana Maharishi maintaining silence and helping the devotees. Many
spiritual centres have meditation halls where silent prayer is encouraged.

Chinese philosopher Confucius said,

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle’s quotations are very popular:-

“Silence is more eloquent than words.

Speech is great, but silence is greater.

Speech is of time, silence is of eternity”. {London swami blogger}



II    Speech needs company,

Silence needs solitude.

Speech wants to conquer others,

Silence helps conquer oneself.

Speech makes friends or foes,

Silence befriends all.

Speech demands respect,

Silence commands it.

Speech is earth-bound,

Silence is heaven-bound.

Speech educates,

Silence exalts.

Speech is subjective,

Silence objective.

Speech has regrets,

Silence none.

Speech has limitations,

Silence is boundless.

Speech needs effort,

Silence a lot more.

Speech is human,

Silence is Divine.

While speaking you are heard by creatures,

In silence you hear the creator.

Silence leads to a stillness of the mind,

Then to introspection,

Then to self-cleansing,

Finally to liberation. ()A poem I liked)

III    B G Bg. 17.16

मन:प्रसाद: सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रह: ।

भावसंश‍ुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥ १६ ॥

manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ

maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ

bhāva-saṁśuddhir ity etat

tapo mānasam ucyate

And satisfaction, simplicity, silence or gravity, self-control and
purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the mind.

K RAJARAM IRS 24426

On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 at 06:05, Markendeya Yeddanapudi <
[email protected]> wrote:



-- 
*Mar*Here is a dramatized philosophical conversation, shaped around your
ideas and voice. I’ve kept it fluid, reflective, and slightly poetic—closer
to the spirit of your essay than a rigid debate.
------------------------------
*A Conversation on Language, Nature, and Wholeness*

*Characters:*

   -

   *You (YM Sarma)*
   -

   Jiddu Krishnamurti
   -

   David Bohm
   -

   Alfred North Whitehead
   -

   Fritjof Capra
   -

   Ken Wilber

------------------------------
*Scene:*

A quiet grove. No walls, no podiums. Trees sway gently. The air itself
feels like a participant.
------------------------------
*YM Sarma (You):*

In free nature, there are no isolated subjects. There are only
clusters—interacting, overlapping, living wholes. Language, as we use it,
breaks this living unity. It forces experience into subject, verb, and
predicate. But nature sings—it does not parse.
------------------------------
*Jiddu Krishnamurti:*

Yes, sir… the moment you name something, you have already moved away from
it. The word is not the thing. When you say “tree,” you are no longer in
communion with the tree—you are in relationship with the word.
------------------------------
*David Bohm:*

What you are pointing to resembles what I called the *fragmentation of
thought*. Language is part of this fragmentation. It creates the illusion
that the world is composed of separate parts, while in fact it is an
undivided movement—what I termed the *holomovement*.
------------------------------
*Alfred North Whitehead:*

Indeed. Reality is not made of things, but of processes—events in relation.
What you call “subject-clusters” aligns with my notion of *actual occasions*.
Each entity is a nexus of relationships, not an isolated unit.
------------------------------
*Fritjof Capra:*

Modern systems theory supports this view. In ecology, we see that nothing
exists independently. Networks, patterns, interconnections—that is the
fabric of life. However, we still rely on analytical language to describe
these systems. The question is: can language evolve to reflect
interconnectedness?
------------------------------
*Ken Wilber:*

Let’s be careful here. While it is true that reality is interconnected, we
must not dismiss structure altogether. Human development includes multiple
stages. Rational, analytical thought—what you call Cartesian—is not the
enemy. It is a necessary phase. The problem arises when we absolutize it.
------------------------------
*YM Sarma:*

But in our universities, analysis has become dominant—almost tyrannical.
Feeling has been exiled. Music, art, embodied knowing—these are treated as
secondary. Knowledge has become mechanical.
------------------------------
*Krishnamurti:*

That is because we are afraid of feeling. Feeling demands attention without
control. Thought seeks control, certainty, security. So education becomes
conditioning, not understanding.
------------------------------
*Bohm:*

Perhaps the issue is not language itself, but our unconscious use of it. We
treat abstractions as if they were reality. If we became aware of this
process, language could become more fluid—less rigid, more participatory.
------------------------------
*Whitehead:*

Language, like reality, must be understood as process. It is not a fixed
structure but an evolving expression. Poetry, in fact, comes closer to
truth than rigid prose, because it preserves ambiguity and relation.
------------------------------
*Capra:*

Yes, and in science too, we are moving in that direction. The shift from
reductionism to systems thinking is, in a way, a movement toward what you
describe—toward seeing wholes instead of parts.
------------------------------
*Wilber:*

Integration is the key. We need not reject grammar, but transcend and
include it. Music, poetry, science, analysis—all are valid modes. The real
question is: can we hold them together without reducing one to the other?
------------------------------
*YM Sarma:*

In nature, this integration already exists. The air carries scent, sound,
touch. The eye turns light into color. Every organism expresses itself
artistically. Why can education not mirror this?
------------------------------
*Krishnamurti:*

Because education is built on ambition, comparison, and fear. Not on
observation. If you truly observed nature—not as knowledge, but as living
movement—education would transform.
------------------------------
*Bohm:*

Dialogue itself could be a path. Not discussion, not debate—but shared
inquiry, where meaning flows between us. In such dialogue, fragmentation
begins to dissolve.
------------------------------
*Whitehead:*

And perhaps universities should become places not merely of instruction,
but of *cultivation of experience*—where thought, feeling, and perception
are equally honored.
------------------------------
*Capra:*

Your idea of a “Free Nature Park” is interesting. A space where learning is
not imposed, but emerges from interaction with living systems. That would
embody ecological thinking directly.
------------------------------
*Wilber:*

Yes—but let us also include inner nature. Meditation, introspection,
psychological awareness. Outer ecology must be matched by inner development.
------------------------------
*YM Sarma:*

Then perhaps the future of language is not in sentences—but in symphonies.
Not in definitions—but in resonances.
------------------------------
*Krishnamurti (softly):*

Or perhaps… in silence.
------------------------------
*(A pause.)*

The wind moves through the trees. No one speaks. Yet something is being
said.
------------------------------
*End Scene*
------------------------------

If you’d like, I can deepen this into a longer play, add conflict and
sharper disagreement (especially Wilber vs. Krishnamurti—that can get
interesting), or turn it into a stage script with acts and directions.

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