Śrīla Prabhupāda Says - [Regarding how we should not talk nonsense] :-D :-D Mauna means dont talk, grave. This is also very good qualification because generally, when we talk, we simply talk nonsense. Thats all. We shall sit together and some friends or family, some useless talks, we shall go on for hours together. But if you are called to talk about Kṛṣṇa or Bhagavad-gītā or Bhāgavata, this philosophy, nobody will come. So better not to talk. It is better not to talk than to talk nonsense, foolish. So generally, we are accustomed to talks, enjoy foolish talks, which has no meaning, neither any benefit for this material world, neither any benefit for spiritual world. If you are, of course, gaining something material benefit... Just like businessmen talk. They talk seriously if there is any profit. Otherwise the secretary says, Oh, the Mr. such and such has no time to see you. That is also some good because time is so valuable. So why should we talk nonsense? So that is also very good qualification if you dont talk nonsense. Either you talk about Kṛṣṇa or dont talk. That is called mauna. If there is no subject matter for talking on the subject of Kṛṣṇa, then it is better not to talk. But we have got very nice engagement. We can talk Hare Kṛṣṇa. If you have no other engagement, then we have got these beads, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa... You can day and night, twenty-four hours, go on. This is called mauna. [SB: 7.9.10 - Montreal 10 July 1968]
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:00:28 +0000
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