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Both the good and the pleasant present themselves to a man. The calm soul examines them well and discriminates. Yes, he prefers the good to the pleasant; but the fool chooses the pleasant out of greed and avarice.
- Upanishads
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
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
- W. Somerset Maugham
Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.
- Karen Mueller Coombs
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
- Robert Brault
Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup: Peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
- Wendy Cope
You are a part of the existence, but the problem of your life is; propelled by
selfishness, you are trying to create a different world for yourself.
- Deep Trivedi
In the past 50 years, what joy and happiness has been offered by the politicians
and religious heads to the people of our country? And in comparison, what is
it that has not been bestowed by our legendary singers like Mohammed Rafi,
Kishore Kumar or Lata - Asha... Thanks to their voices, even today people get to
live a life of bliss and serenity for at least two hours a day.
- Deep Trivedi
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