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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
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
- Albert Einstein
He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbours ill will against another need perform no other rituals.
- A Spiritual Leader
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
- Mark Twain
The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?
- John Steinbeck
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