Good judgment comes from experience and often experience comes from bad judgment.
He is the living One; there is no god but He: call upon Him, giving Him sincere devotion.
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. ‘I am’ is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry. When spontaneous and natural it is realisation.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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.
