(Mind35)-What is the best Yoga Asana?

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Once someone asked Ramana Maharshi the same question. By the way, Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) was a great Indian Yogi who spent years in meditation, before he started interacting with the world.

(Mind34)-How does Yoga minimize stress?

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Most research studies indicate that Yoga reduces stress. Lower stress means lesser chance of getting into many health problems that we discussed in the previous episode. 

Actually, you don’t need to recollect the previous episode. This list of health problems includes almost all illnesses known to us today!

But how does Yoga achieve stress reduction?

BookTalk: Was Jesus really in India?: Final verdict on the age-old mystery

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In today’s book talk I am going to discuss about my recent book “Was Jesus really in India? : Final verdict on the age-old mystery”.


You probably have read about the controversy raised by a Russian Journalist Nicolas Notovitch, way back in late 1800s. He claimed that he found an ancient manuscript related to Jesus in a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas.

(Mind33)-Is stress really bad?

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Not really! Some amount of stress is actually good for our body and mind. Stress readies us for any eventuality and protects us. It is only when stress gets prolonged and repetitive, do we get into problems.

What exactly happens when we undergo stress? Bear in mind, the cause of this stress could be either physical or psychological. The mechanisms are similar.

(Mind32)-What causes stress?

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There are two things here. The external events that induce stress and the internal brain mechanisms that interpret the external events as stress.

I have seen many poor villagers who have barely sufficient to eat. Their life is full of uncertainties. Day in and day out they face all kinds of hardship and their life is really a struggle for existence. But they somehow seem to withstand all these hardships and manage to pull on.

On the other hand, I have seen many well-to-do youngsters who commit suicide unable to bear the stress they face in their life. This is in spite of the fact that they have a secure life, with all comforts, good position in the society, great educational background and so on.

Why is this anomaly?

GardenTalk13- God-sent soldiers to save this earth

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Sometimes we don’t notice how well organized this entire world is. Everything is well planned and well orchestrated. It is only that we human beings upset the balance!

Let me get back to my gardening mood. I was talking about the nightmare my friend had while he was in the process of decomposing the grain waste as part of the acid test for our bacterial solution. What was it all about?

(Mind31)-Are you under stress?

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In today’s fast paced life, with pressure from all sides, chances are that most of us are perpetually under stress.

Many of the diseases that are becoming common these days are attributed to stress. So much so that 60 percent of all the illnesses are either caused by stress or are exacerbated by stress!

(Mind30)-God can help even if He does not exist!

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Am I making a ridiculously insane statement? No. I will explain soon.

GardenTalk12- Wormy nightmare

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Continuing our discussion on the use of Dr. Krishan Chandra’s bacterial solution as a waste decomposer, let me discuss a very interesting experiment we did. 

This experiment not only provided an acid test for the solution but also can be a boon to many problems we face every day.

(Mind29)-The four things that can potentially calm you down

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In the previous episodes we discussed the five ‘do’ s of Yama – the first step of Patanjali’s 8 step Yoga.

If you have observed carefully, these 5 things can eliminate the causes for your mental unrest. Basically, they try to eliminate the causes for negative thoughts.


Patanjali spells out five more ‘do’s as part of his second step namely Niyama. These are meant to develop a positive mental outlook. Let me take up four of them in this episode.

(Mind28)-Brahmacarya – the most misunderstood word!

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Thanks to the ill-conceived ideas of Hatayoga, this word Brahmacarya has been a deterrent to many a sincere enthusiast of Yoga.

If you are one of those lucky ones who never got into this confusion, let me briefly explain what Brahmacarya is all about, I mean as per the Hatayoga.

GardenTalk11- Things are not as rosy as one would expect

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The atmosphere in the Indian capital New Delhi had recently become a big news. Well, I am not referring to the political atmosphere😉