I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
When the era of masculine dominance comes to an end and a feminine understanding of life’s wholeness is included, experience a different world in which physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing are interdependent.
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.
