fasting in the practice of the Sufis one way to clean the stain (sin), although the fasting is generally applied by a Muslim much different from their fasting Sufi class,
they avoid (fasting) food and talk, talk only when it is very important, even when it concerns the issue of belief (religion). the purpose of fasting food to control the lust and sex, the purpose of the fasting talk to keep from hurting others, because the tongue is the source disaster.
it appears here there are similarities of buddhas in avoiding stains.
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Buddha taught that what you eat and how you speak can impact our health, however it cannot remove old conditioning. In Buddha's time there were yogi's that starved themselves because they thought that the body was holding them back from attaining union with God and heaven.
Buddha tried this method and found it wasn't the body that held him back, it was his mental conditioning, his blind beliefs. His teachings are related with purifying the mind and letting go of old conditioning.
The only way to control lust is to remove the cause of lust and greed. The cause of lust and greed is our old conditioning of clinging to things as me and mine. The meditation techniques are used to purify the mind...the mind is what drives the body.
means there are differences in addition there are similarities with Sufi teachings, but the goal remains the same that purify the soul, thanks for your explanation my best friend
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