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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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- Alfred North Whitehead
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- Coco Chanel
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
- William Arthur Ward
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Denying anything strongly, is nothing but inviting that thing in life, if not today...
tomorrow to assume a monstrous form.
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