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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.
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I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.
- Steve Maraboli
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I care about your happiness just as you care about mine. I could not be at peace if you were not.
- Khalil Gibran
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
- Lawrence Durrell
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
- Abraham Lincoln
Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of karma does he ever hesitate.
- Vedas
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