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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.
- A Spiritual Leader
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
- Megan McCafferty
How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.
- David Norris
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
- Henry David Thoreau
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Only he can perpetrate violence on others, who knowingly or unknowingly is
torturing himself. Otherwise he, who loves himself, can never cause harm to
anyone.
- Deep Trivedi
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