It is a basic purification, a means to cancel out your negative karmas and aid evolution. Fasting is one way of putting yourself through pain.
During navratras fasts are observed for purification as well, both etheric as well as physical.
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The young monk had recently joined the monastery. He was curious and extremely restless. Within a few days of being in the monastery, he came across Master Joshu.
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One of the 5 niyams in ashthang yog is 'tapa', that is, to heat the body by giving it pain.
