Take Refuge in Silence

All sound arises out of Silence
and dissolves into Silence.
All thought arises out of Silence
      and dissolves into Silence.
The universe arises out of Silence
     and dissolves into Silence.
Suffering arises out of Silence
     and dissolves into Silence.
The unbounded spaciousness
    of Silence,
filled with the clear light
         of Awareness,
dissolves the roots of pain
         and sorrow.
Take refuge in Silence and know
unshakeable joy.
 
           Kalidas
          

Kali’s Bazaar penned by Kalidas, p. 55