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 ==Section on Buddhism== 

 I would take issue with the comment ""Fasting is not practiced by lay Buddhists because it is seen as a deviation from the Middle Path."" This is a sweeping generalization and seems like mere conjecture on the author's part. It also suggest that monks and nuns, who do not eat after mid-day, are deviating from the Middle Path, although it is stated earlier of this practice that ""This is not considered a fast but rather a disciplined regimen aiding in meditation and good health."" The Buddha did not recommend that any of his followers deviate from the Middle Path, as this Middle Path is at the very core of all he taught.  There are practices traditionally undertaken by monks and nuns which might strike us today as excessively austere, but the kind of asceticism undertaken by the Buddha, which he later realized as contrary to the Middle Way, consisted of such things as holding his arm in the air for weeks on end, eating only a single grain of rice per day for a very long time, eating his own excrement, and so forth. I do not think that the austerities undertaken by the ordained Sangha should be confused with those practices. 

 Also, I take issue with the section which reads ""Chenrezig taught her the method of Nyung Ne[15] in which one keeps the eight precepts on the first day, then refrains from both food and water on the second. Although seemingly against the Middle Way, this practice is to experience the negative karma of both oneself and all other sentient beings and, as such is seen to be of benefit. Other self-inflicted harm is discouraged.""  Taking the eight precepts for one day and then abstaining from food and water for another day is ""self-inflicted harm""?  I don't think so; the author's own biases appear to be influencing this interpretation.  I also object to the suggestion that the purpose of this practice is to experience ""the negative karma of both oneself and all other sentient beings"".  I am sure that this is one way of viewing the practice, but I am not sure that it is the most correct in terms of Buddhist doctrine."