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Saint Anthony, founder of Christian monasticism and father of Christian anchoreticism, laid down a rule for himself to eat only once a day, and that after the sun had set. But the Buddhist rule for monks is to eat the last meal at midday when the sun is at its highest point! Can we not see here as in so many other spiritual matters, how much human opinion governs men--and not divine inspiration!

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 3 : Diet > # 162