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Fast. What benefit does the fasting meal bring to themselves and others? (fol. 8, p. 43). – How does meeting with a fasting person affect sensible people and gluttons? (sn. 8, pp. 43–44). – It is inconvenient to maintain an ordinary fast when talking and dealing with people (sl. 8, p. 44; sl. 81, p. 142). – Silence and solitude help in maintaining the fast (page 8, p. 44). – What benefit does a person receive when he is content with what only serves to maintain his body? (fn. 21, p. 86). – The beginning of the struggle against sin is the work of fasting (page 21, pp. 88–89). – He who loves fasting and vigil is a friend of chastity (fol. 21, p. 89). – Rest of the belly is the beginning of everything bad, and fasting and vigil are the basis of all virtues (fol. 21, p. 89). – In general, what is the benefit of fasting, kept with prudence? (fol. 21, pp. 89, 91). – And in paradise the first commandment was given about fasting (fol. 21, p. 89). – After baptism, the Savior began by fasting, and those who follow Him begin their feat with fasting (fol. 21, p. 90). – Fasting is a powerful weapon against the enemy (page 21, p. 90). – What harm do those who neglect fasting do to themselves? (f. 21, pp. 90–91). – The martyrs prepared for the feat by fasting (fol. 21, p. 91). – Why do some, going through the feat of fasting and other virtues, do not feel silence, and calm from passions, and peace of thoughts? (fn. 21, p. 91). – From the seed of the sweat of fasting, the ear of chastity grows (fol. 43, p. 183). – The emptiness of the womb protects our mind from rebellious thoughts (fol. 43, p. 184). – During the work of fasting, knowledge of the mysteries of God is born in the soul (f. 58, p. 309). – Hunger and thirst are signs of a truly ascetic life (page 58, p. 309). – What kind of abstinence do true ascetics observe? (fn. 60, p. 332). – Collecting yourself together and always fasting is the basis of all good things, and what fruit is born from this? (fn. 75, pp. 373–374). – A small violation of fasting leads to intemperance and fornication (fol. 75, p. 379). This index is based on the index appended to the works of St. Isaac the Syrian, published by Optina Pustyn in 1854. * “Ascetic words.” Reprint. Sergiev Posad. 1911. M.: “Rule of Faith”, 1998