Fasting and Discipline
The practice of restraining physical desires to strengthen spiritual capacity.
Matthew 6:16-18
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, to show it is not obvious that you are fasting.”
Quran 2:183
“O you who believe, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you might become righteous.”
Ramadan fast (Sawm)
Bhagavad Gita 6:16-17
“Yoga is not for him who eats too much, nor for him who eats too little, nor for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who stays awake too long.”
Moderation in yogic practice
Dhammapada 183
“The restraint of body is good; good is restraint of speech. The restraint of mind is good; good is restraint in all things.”