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Scientists Probe Meditation Secrets

By Naomi Law for BBC News on 5 Apr 2008

Scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that meditation has a tangible effect on the brain. Skeptics argue that it is not a practical way to try to deal with the stresses of modern life. But the long years when adherents were unable to point to hard science to support their belief in the technique may finally be coming to an end.

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Prabhupada’s Books—The Ultimate Prison Escape Plan

By Madhava Smullen for Friends of the BBT on 5 Apr 2008

ISKCON’s Prison Ministry traces its roots all the way back to 1962, when Srila Prabhupada visited Tihar Prison in New Delhi. “If you give me the chance to speak to all the members of the Jail,” he wrote to superintendent Sri Puri, “It is quite possible for me to turn them into ideal characters.”

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