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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
What difference does it make, whether you live in a big city or in a community of homes? The real life is within.
- Khalil Gibran
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.
- Cynthia Hand
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.
- Swami Vivekananda
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
- Proverbs
I am a human and I will only live a life which does credit to humans. I have been blessed with beautiful human form, a sharp intellect and a sensitive heart. How do I activate these gifts? Blessed with a priceless life, why should I not fit it with compassion for all beings?
- Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu
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