In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments; they are like part of God.
-Pandit Ravi Shankar
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments; they are like part of God.
A religious person is...the one who accepts the responsibility for the success and
failures of his life. The one who entrusts it to rituals, worship, astrology, family or
friends...is irreligious.
-Deep Trivedi
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.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
-Maya Angelou
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed.
-Carl Gustav Jung