5. Control over speech and silence

Control over one’s speech means we exclude

• giving advice and instructions without being asked
• offering criticism without suggesting how something could be better and without being ready to do one’s utmost towards realising that suggestion
• speech, which creates unpleasant heat in one’s abdomen as well as an uncomfortable cramping of the abdominal muscles
• speech, which creates breathing abnormalities and uncomfortable muscle cramps in the chest, the shoulders and throat
• speech, which causes any further discomfort or tiredness
• speech with filler-words
• mindless speech, talking in an inappropriate situation; talking, which unnecessarily causes someone pain; speech in which one hides something or speech, which has a separate, selfish purpose aside from its literal meaning (...)
  

Rightous speech includes among other things:

• sharing something clever, beautiful and/or useful
• inspirational, supportive speech
• witty speech
• telling the truth in such a way that people are positively affected by it
• speech, which gratifies and relaxes one’s partner
• time-appropriate and healthy silence, etc. (...)

• What is Komaja
• Komaja Meditation
• The Community of Enlightened Ones
• The Seven Conditions or Komaja Ethics
• The Fourfold Impeccability
• Relationship with other systems and religions
• Several Facts about Komaja and Makaja