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.
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
-Dante Gabriel Rossetti
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
-Henry David Thoreau
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
-Søren Kierkegaard
