Text: "When the foot slips, the wound can be healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will fester for life. The tongue is liable to four big errors: uttering falsehood, scandalizing, finding fault with others and excessive speech. All these have to be avoided if there is to be Santhi (peace) for the individual as well as for society. The bond of brotherhood will be tightened if people speak less and speak sweet. That is why mounam (silence) was prescribed as a vow for sadhakas (spiritual aspirants) by the sastras (scriptures). You are all sadhakas at various stages of the road and so this discipline is valuable for you also." -SAI BABA

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