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Additionally, a vow of silence can be made to express a bold statement. This type may be to make a statement about issues such as child poverty.An example of this is the November 30th Vow of Silence for Free The Children, in which students in Canada take a 24-hour vow of silence to protest against poverty and child labour.
Monastic silence is a spiritual practice recommended in a variety of religious traditions for purposes including becoming closer to God and achieving elevated states of spiritual purity. [1] It may be in accordance with a monk's formal vow of silence, but can also engage laity who have not taken vows, or novices who are preparing to take vows.
The novel explores several themes. One is the practice of silence, inspired by Gandhi idea of taking a vow of silence for at least one day a week. Various benefits of silence are depicted such as self-reflection, improved communication skills, and increased understanding of others.
Silence is Awareness, it is the Atman, the Self (Mundaka Upanishad II.ii.6) . [13] The absolutistic interpretation is that silence is the genuine teaching about the ultimate Reality, because the Absolute is beyond the scope of speech and thought. [14]
Cistercian monks and nuns have a reputation of cultivating solitude and silence; the great monastics have explained silence as "the language of liberation, enlightenment, or union with God." [ 4 ] Some observers deduced, incorrectly, that Cistercians take a vow of silence. [ 5 ]
Satya is the vow to not lie, and to speak the truth. [7] A monk or nun must not speak the false, and either be silent or speak the truth. [8] According to Pravin Shah, the great vow of satya applies to "speech, mind, and deed", and it also means discouraging and disapproving others who perpetuate a falsehood.
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The religious vow, being a public vow, is binding in Church law. One of its effects is that the person making it ceases to be free to marry. In the Catholic Church, by joining the consecrated life, one does not become a member of the hierarchy but becomes a member of a state of life which is neither clerical nor lay, the consecrated state. [1]