A vow of silence (maun) taken for a worldly purpose is considered non-silence (amaun). Anything that is spoken for the purpose of the Self, only that can be considered as complete silence (sampurna maun).

It is necessary for those who are sensitive to remain silent. However, rather than remaining silent, it is much better if it is in your awareness that, 'How does my speech affect others?

Speech is a phase (avastha) of the non-Self complex (pudgal); it is not its intrinsic property that has a specific function (gunadharma).

What does syadvad (speech that does not hurt the ego of any living being) speech say? Speak in such a way that 5 people benefit from it and that it does not interfere [conflict] with anyone.

There is infinite energy within you. Whatever you think within, that very same thing will happen on the outside! However, here one chases his thoughts and works hard for things and yet nothing happens on the outside, people have incurred so much loss! Kaliyug (the time-cycle with lack of unison of mind, speech and body) is upon us!

The mind-speech-body are effective. When will they not have effect on one? It is when one realizes one’s own [True] Self. It is when one attains the awareness, ‘I am indeed absolute Supreme Self (Parmatma).

People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract it?

How can the power of speech remain when you lie for your own ‘safeside’?

Speech’ is such a thing that if handled [used] correctly, it encompasses all the major vows (mahavrats).