What is love? Two souls and one flesh; Friendship? Two bodies and one soul.
-Joseph Roux
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.
Those who educate children well are to be honoured more than parents, for parents only gave life, and teachers, the art of living well.
What are we...? Even our ability to see, hear or bear temperature is confined to a
certain limit... In such a case, what is the value of the understanding of our brain
that we have pinned all our hopes on it for touching the heights of success. If you
really wish to make your life successful, it is possible only by understanding the
depths of mind and immersing yourself in it.
-Deep Trivedi
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
-Fulton J. Sheen
In this world, if desires could bring any result - then there is no dearth of desires
in anyone.
-Deep Trivedi
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
-Brian Tracy