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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
To enjoy 'what you have' is understandable; but mourning their loss has always
been beyond comprehension.
- Deep Trivedi
The "truth" of every moment is new, different and ever changing. Hence, the
things said thousands of years ago could be true in the context of "time, situation
and circumstances" prevalent at that time, but it is not necessary that they hold
relevance even today.
- Deep Trivedi
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
- Hannah Arendt
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
- Albert Einstein
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