Hai ! Yeah gossip is not only bad thing but also increase our sin. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that if we are gossiping about a person, half of the sins committed by that person (in this birth or previous births) will be transferred to us. In the same way when someone is gossiping about us, our half of the sins will be transferred to them. Can you please share the ingredients of the paste which you were preparing in the pooja shelf.