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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.
- A Spiritual Leader
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
- Mark Twain
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
- Richard M. Nixon
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
- Alan Lightman
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
- Niels Bohr
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
- Carl Gustav Jung
Once you have commenced the task, then moving your concentration and
energies away, prior to its "successful completion" - is like inviting failure
yourself.
- Deep Trivedi
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