You created the counterfeit and the genuine. You appraise all people. You appraise the true, and place them in Your treasury; You consign the false to wander in delusion.
Rain down your wisdom in sacred streams to carry me like an upturned leaf through the currents of this grey day.
A leader is someone who compels others to positive action by the power of their own positive action.
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
