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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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And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive... the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
- Michael Jackson
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
- Oscar Wilde
Democracy means not I am as good as you are, but you are as good as I am.
- Theodore Parker
What do you think of God, the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, He's not a think, he's a feel.
- Paul Frost
Nothing is more disastrous for a human being than 'self-reproach'. Right from
self-confidence to your existence, it shatters everything. Yet these religious
gurus, ignorant of this science of mind, in order to run their businesses keep
feeding the feeling of sinfulness in people.
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God can be realised through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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