無む言ごんの行ぎょう

expression, noun

ascetic practice of silence

A Buddhist training in which one refrains from speaking for a set period, often undertaken in a temple or during a retreat.

• 彼かれは一いっ週しゅう間かんの無む言ごんの行ぎょうを終おえて、心こころが澄すんだと言いった。

  After finishing a week-long practice of silence, he said his mind felt clear.