འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.3.40
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.3.40
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notes.3.40
40. The problem with vows of silence here is that, in vowing to be silent, the monks were pledging not to confess their own faults and to ignore those of others. So here “silence” is akin to not confessing and hence concealing offenses. Kalyāṇamitra clarifies that a “pledge of silence” is taken as part of temporary discipline adopted for spiritual or training purposes; (F.324.b): mi smra ba zhes bya ba ni tshig med par ’dug pa’o/ /mi smra ba’i yi dam bca’ bar mi bya’o zhes bya ba ni yi dam bca’ ba sngon du btang ste mi smra ba’i brtul zhugs blang bar mi bya’o.