From THe Garland of Gurus Sayings-WHO Translation

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Verse 315. He who, renouncing desire for pleasures, has become

> fixed in his own natural State, through extinction of the

> mind, is the real abstainer; not so the man who has no

> experience of this Self, even though he abstains from food.

> (40)

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> (40) The word for

> fasting in Sanskrit is Upavasa,

> which means dwelling near; its correct meaning is the State

> of Experience of the Real Self. In this state there is no

> mind, and hence no thought of enjoying; (therefore) mere

> refusal of objects of pleasure -- with the desire for

> enjoyment still persisting -- is not real abstinence.

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