When Buddha got enlightened on that full moon day in the month of May, it is said that he maintained silence for the whole week. It was only once in a millennium that someone blossoms like Buddha. Now he was silent! The angels then requested him to say something.

He said, "Those who know, they know even without me saying it and those who do not know, will not know even if I say it. Any description of light to a blind man is of no use. How can you convey something so intimate and personal? Words cannot convey it".

The angels said, "What you say is right. But consider those who are on the borderline, who are neither fully enlightened nor totally ignorant. For them, a few words will give a push, for their sake you speak and every word of yours will create that silence."

The purpose of words is to create silence. If words create more noise, then they have not reached their goal. Silence is the source of life and is the cure for diseases.

When people are angry, they maintain silence. First they shout and then silence dawns. Look at the noise in your mind. What is it about? more money? more fame? fulfillment? relationship? recognition? achivement? One day Buddha said, "I would like to go and see what the world is."

He started thinking when he saw someone who was sick, someone who was old and someone who was dying. These  instances were good enough to bring in him the knowledge that there is misery.

Buddha set out in quest of truth, all by himself, leaving his palace, wife and son. His search continued for several years and he walked many paths, before discovering four truths.

The first truth is there is misery in the world. In life, there are only two possibilities: one is to observe the world around us and know from others' sufferings, the second is to experience it and find that it is misery.  The second truth is there is a cause for misery. You can be happy without a reason, but misery has a cause.  The third is it is possible to eliminate misery. And the fourth truth is there is a path to be out of misery.