"Q: What is silence? A: Silence is an austerity. You control your desire to talk. By talking, people try to impress others, which you can't do if you are in silence. In silence you have to develop tolerance. At first it is difficult to do because you separate yourself from others by not expressing yourself. But gradually the mind reduces that ego and an aspirant accepts the situation, which develops tolerance and reduces anger."
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Baba Hari Dass
Baba Hari Dass (26 March 1923 - 25 September 2018) was a yoga master, a silent monk, a builder of temples, and a commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha. He was classically trained in India in Ashtanga Yoga – Raja Yoga of Patanjali (the Yoga of Eight Limbs), as well as Kriya Yoga, Ayurveda, Samkhya, Tantra Yoga, Vedanta, and Sanskrit.
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