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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
"Truth" is not an act done at the physical level or an act performed driven by
emotions. Truth is the outcome of that particular action. If someone has used
abusive language for your betterment, then how did he abuse you?... He has
only desired a positive change in you.
- Deep Trivedi
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
- Jules Verne
Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.
- Edward Carey
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
- Theodor W. Adorno
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
- Proverbs
You are not meant to serve time. Time is meant to serve you. Become the master of your now.
- E'yen A. Gardner
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
- Gautama Buddha
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