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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
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
- Plato
Spontaneous consciousness is such a height of the human mind from where all
the peaks of progress can be mounted. This is the reason why a person who
thinks too much can never succeed in life.
- Deep Trivedi
How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
- Anaïs Nin
It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
- William Thackeray
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