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Chapter Wholesome and Virtuous Talks
We have now considered twelve attributes required for leading a religious life. Those who have attained these attributes, can easily adopt the thirteenth, which consists of wholesome virtuous talks. A religious person should be able to talk in a way that does not lead to dispute, discord or disagreement. The mankind today happens to be divided not only into large nations like U.S., Russia, China, India etc., it is also becoming more regional and provincial-minded. Due to that parochial attitude, their talks relate to the difference in views, difference of opinions and disagreements.
Moreover, there seems to be an increasing craze to talk about women. Films and advertisements project the beauty of women and heroines, and the media tries to project it widely. Formerly it was the proverb, 'If four women get together, their talks would break the households'. That proverb now needs to be changed to, 'If four males get together, their talks would relate to the female beauty'
If smoke frequently arises in a room, it leaves its impact there. Similarly the impact of such talks remains in the brain. The walls of the brain get darkened thereby and there remains no scope for rise of virtuous talks. It is therefore necessary to cultivate the taste for wholesome and virtuous talks. If we resort to those talks, others also may be induced to do the same. When one repeatedly hears something, he does get its impact and starts doing accordingly. If the
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