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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
Delusion is a sort of demonic force. People’s original mind is pure but it becomes perverted due to delusion and other karmas.
- Scriptures
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
- Swami Vivekananda
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.
- Hafez
Be kind, be all sympathy, for each and every human being is forced to fight against himself.
- Sri Chinmoy
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
- Henry Ford
If something is considered right at a particular place at a particular time, the
same thing is rendered useless with the change of place and time. In that case,
of what relevance is the list of good and bad deeds that we are working upon?
- Deep Trivedi
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