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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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God left so many fingerprints at the scene of creation that you wonder — does He want to be found, or does He want to be stopped?
- Robert Brault
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others
- Nelson Mandela
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Part of water which is cooler always flows to below surface.
I understand that hotheaded men always want to be noticed.
- Toba Beta
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
- Barbara Kingsolver
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