A question about Buddha?

Question

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace, is a saying that he once said. what does this mean?

Answer 1

It means that you can say a thousand words but they will all be worthless, but one word alone can bring peace by itself. Or a thousand meaningless words wouldnt be equal to one meaningful word.

Answer 2

I'm not exactly sure, but I take it as...the word "Love" for example , can change something for the better, whereas, something like "blah, blah, dumb, stupid, kill, hate, etc." is either bad or just doesn't mean anything at all.

Answer 3

It means that wise words are precise and they solve problems. He is emphasizing that wisdom is not proportional to the amount of words.

Answer 4

Think about it.

Answer 5

This is not really directly about "words". The logical principle of 1000 useless words is nothing compared to one wise word, isn't really what this means.

Without substance, there is nothing. If we cultivate/meditate to try to attain Bodhi, but do not cut off our desires, our cultivation and wisdom lacks substance. So all the greatness you can show in your "cultivation skill", is nothing but hollowness. It means nothing because you haven't gotten anywhere.

So if one truly cultivates and has cut off desire, one will reach enlightenment and perfect wisdom. With such wisdom, one expresses that wisdom through ONE word. That "ONE word" is not words but actually a single thought.  Thus the 10 dharma realms and all dharmas are not beyond a single thought. Nothing is scattered in the mind and there is oneness. Thus, this oneness brings peace in a single thought, or rather, in oneness.

Without cultivation and practice, one is scattered. Their "wisdom" is thus, thousands of hollow words... or rather, thousands of scattered thoughts. What skill or wisdom is there in that? It's like babbling like an idiot!

Answer 6

Buddha is a statue, he never said anything.

Answer 7

you can say heaps of words but if they're meaningless then it doesn't matter. saying something short but genuine is a lot better