Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of karma does he ever hesitate.
In thinking, “This is I” and “That is mine”, he binds himself with his self, as does a bird with a snare.
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.
Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
