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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.
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Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
- Lin Yutang
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- Bible
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
- Mark Twain
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- Anaïs Nin
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- Aristotle
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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- Kahlil Gibran
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