Guest guest Posted March 20, 2002 Report Share Posted March 20, 2002 >"Ashwini Kumar" >Varendra Museum &; Pranayam >Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:18:21 -0500 > >US Gives Grant for Varendra Museum in Bangladesh >Source: >http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/mar/05/05032002mt.htm#A6 >BANGLADESH, March 1, 2002: United States Ambassador to Bangladesh >Mary Ann >Peters presented a check from the US government amounting to $10,800 >US to >Dr Faisul Islam Farouqui, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University and >Dr >Sayefuddin Chowdhury, Director, Varendra Museum at the US Embassy >yesterday, >says a US Embassy press release. The money, from the Ambassador's >Fund for >Cultural Preservation, will be used to improve the lighting and >display of >precious and historic materials housed in the Varendra Research >Museum in >Rajshahi. For more than 70 years, the Varendra Museum has been a >vital >resource for scholars and researchers intent on study of the arts, >culture >and history of Bengal. The museum houses the richest and largest >collection >of Buddhist and Hindu stone sculptures in this country. It is also a >repository of priceless manuscripts, books and periodicals. The >museum >houses an outstanding collection of Bangla document and rare >Bengali, Arabic >and Sanskrit manuscripts as well as other rare document in Persian >andSanskrit. >3. Pranayam Has Scientific Basis, Says US Expert >Source: >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2699981 >NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 3, 2002: A senior psychiatrist at Columbia >University, New York, Dr. Richard P Brown, says certain yogic >breathing >techniques may help people connect better with each other and >regulate their >dietary intake and thereby help lose weight. In New Delhi to >participate in >a two-day international symposium on Sudarshan Kriya, Pranayam and >consciousness, organized by the Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at >the >All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in association with the >Times >Foundation, Brown has been experimenting with meditation techniques >to cure >his patients of depression. Dr. Brown explains, yogic breathing >techniques >such as Pranayam and Sudarshan Kriya can activate certain positive >bodily >processes. Rapid breathing activates a nerve, Vagus, that connects >with the >diaphragm and some of the organs, including the heart and the brain. >As a >result of this stimulation, messages are sent along three different >pathways >that tell the body to shut off areas of worry while awakening areas >that >control feelings of happiness in the brain. Dr. Brown began quite >early on >in his practice of psychiatry looking for natural treatments. The >best >results so far have been with Sudarshan Kriya he said. "Doctors need >to >understand that there is a scientific basis to it and it is not just >a >suggestion. It helps control eating disorders as well." > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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