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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
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
If you could buy time, I would sell it. Yesterday would be expensive, and tomorrow would be cheap.
- Jarod Kintz
Why impress false religion on the world? It will be of no service to it. Why run about for the sake of wealth? You cannot escape from death… Think, O think, you thoughtless fool, you shall have in the end to depart alone.
- A Spiritual Leader
Loneliness is the unloneliest feeling in the world, as everyone has experienced it.
- Jarod Kintz
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts… take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
- Marcus Aurelius
If something is considered right at a particular place at a particular time, the
same thing is rendered useless with the change of place and time. In that case,
of what relevance is the list of good and bad deeds that we are working upon?
- Deep Trivedi
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
- Etty Hillesum
Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
- Groucho Marx
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