Familiarity with books is not knowledge. One’s entire life is a continuous process of learning.
The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
All anger is about something which has already happened. Is it of any use getting angry about something which you cannot alter?
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 faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
