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Yogic Practice

Author: Chanakya Ganguly | Posted on: 10th, May, 2020

Regular Yogic Practice can expand capability like Buddha
by Chanakya Ganguly on Buddha’s Birthday (May 7th, 2020)
Yoga can put us on the path of freedom with expanded capability like Buddha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path
Yogic Practice can form character, strengthen the mind, expand the intellect. The
uncontrolled mind drags us down, but the guided mind frees us, so we can gradually
progress in the Noble Eight-Fold Path of the Buddha – Virtue (Right Speech, Action,
Livelihood), Meditation (Right Effort, Mindfulness, Concentration), Wisdom (Right
View, Resolve). It is a matter of realized practice than mere intellectual knowledge.

Yoga makes us realize that healthy dining is not about eating in fancy restaurants
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/twinkle-twinkle/after-the-lockdown-what-about-restaurants/
With Yoga we come to realize that real food should focus on nutrition, rather than just
taste. It should not be about fried, oily, sugary, creamy, processed or fancy restaurants.
Rather it should be more raw, unprocessed, natural, organic with optimal herbs and
spices, less salt, sugar, oil. Food should be like medicine eaten quietly & not too much.

Yoga reduces Obesity as it puts people at risk of severe corona infection
http://www.yogamag.net/archives/1982/fjune82/ygthr.shtml
Doctors in UK’s NHS reported that out of 2204 Covid-19 patients admitted to 286 NHS
intensive care units, 73% were overweight or obese. Obesity, general and/or abdominal
is associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers even before the virus strikes.

Yoga can keep us on a natural high with simplicity than wait till 9PM Saturday
https://www.doyou.com/yoga-formula-15-quotes-inspire-simplicity/
Billy Joel (DOB: May 9, 1949) sings, in the Piano Man, there’s an old man sitting next to
me, sharing a drink called loneliness, to forget about life. Indian poet laureate Tagore
(DOB: May 7, 1861) wrote, it is very simple to be happy, but very difficult to be simple.

Yogic Lifestyle can end the endlessly unsettling Conservative-Liberal debate
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-resilience/201303/why-meditation-makes-you-more-politically-liberal
Colin Dueck in the book “Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism”, talks about various
group of Conservatives in spectrum of activism to disengagement. The beauty of a Yogic
Lifestyle is one is committed to conservative self-evolution and at the same time liberal
compassion to make optimal use of the earth to make everyone else settled and better.

Mind Sciences Reveal The Truth: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
Why Buddhism is True

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32895535-why-buddhism-is-true
With the current crisis, it is time to reflect on our values, principles & directions. With

the dependence on high technology, racing minds, processed foods, immature emotions
in the form of negativity, greed, ego, attachment, anger, depression, psycho-somatic
illnesses, insomnia caused by anxiety, stress, desires & fears, it is important to
understand Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, Clean Diet to achieve sustainable goals in Life.

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