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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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When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Meat gives strength to the body, many people say... But the elephant - one of the biggest and strongest animals in the world - is a pure vegetarian.
- Sadhu T L Vaswani
The marathon for money is so prevalent in the world that in order to sell arms
and amunitions, some nations do not let the clouds of war disperse from the
world.
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- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
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- RuPaul
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