As a consequence, a practitioner should practise the self-imposed silence. In the past, religions have been very serious about this. This is what the religions teach. Then, they cannot avoid leading a normal life in ordinary human society and establishing social contacts. Everyone has a job, and should do it well.
Some people do their work by speaking.
It is not a problem. The self-imposed silence that we refer to is quite different from that of theirs. Owing to the differences in cultivation schools, the requirements, therefore, are also different. We open our mouths to speak all according to the Xinxing of the practitioners, and never to say anything improper, anything to sow discord. As practitioners, we should measure ourselves with the standard of the Law to determine whether or not we should say this.