Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds.
-Rabindranath Tagore
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.
No work stains an individual who is pure, who is in harmony, who is master of his life, whose soul is one with the soul of all.
No individual is lost and no nation is refused prosperity and success if foundations of their thoughts and actions rest upon piety and godliness, and upon truth and justice.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
-George Bernard Shaw
About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
-Thomas Albert “Tom” Wilson
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
-Paulo Coelho