The eight precepts are not just fasting. To get rid of impure thoughts, habits and bad influences from the outside are the main objectives. Everyone is Buddha.

八关斋戒不是断除食物而已，重要的是断除一些不好的思想、不好的习惯、不好的外在影响。

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And so even the ones who had impure thoughts about raising taxes in return for cuts got nowhere.

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