Fifty Years Around
the World
The achievements of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi are profound in the field of
knowledge and immense in the field of action. During the past 50 years,
more than six million people have learned the Transcendental
Meditation technique and are rising to enlightenment through their
twice-daily practice.
Maharishi has trained over 40,000 teachers, opened thousands of
teaching centres, and founded hundreds of schools, colleges and
universities. Maharishi Vedic Science programmes are being applied in private
businesses, public institutions and homes in every country.
A Global Organization
On January 1, 1958, Maharishi formally launched his worldwide movement.
Since then Maharishi has circled the globe many times, teaching his simple
Transcendental Meditation technique, writing many books, consulting with
leaders of government, including heads of state, and addressing
conferences of the world’s leading scientists, educators and
intellectuals.
In 1961, Maharishi began courses to train teachers of the
Transcendental Meditation programme. Today, the Transcendental Meditation
technique is still taught in the same systematic way through an easy and
enjoyable seven-step course.
In 1964, Maharishi’s first book, Science of Being and Art of
Living, was published. This classic has sold over one million
copies and has been translated into 15 languages. It speaks just as
clearly to readers today and was recently reissued by Plume Books, a
division of Penguin Putnam.
In 1971, Maharishi trained 2000 teachers of the Transcendental
Meditation programme and launched a World Plan to establish
TM Centres in every country. Now Maharishi is building Maharishi Peace
Palaces in 3000 major cities of the world to offer the full range of
Maharishi Vedic Science programmes, and to generate an influence of peace
for each community and the world as a whole.
Scientific Validation
Convinced that the positive changes reported by meditators could be
verified through scientific methods, Maharishi encouraged scientific
research on the Transcendental Meditation programme. The first research
results were published in Scientific American in 1970.
Since then, scientists have made the Transcendental Meditation
technique the most thoroughly studied programme for human development in the
annals of modern science — more than 600 studies have been conducted at over 200 independent universities and
research institutions in 30 countries and published in over 100
peer-reviewed scholarly journals. These studies have shown Maharishi’s
programme to be by far the most effective remedy for the ills of modern
life.
Programmes for World Peace
Researchers also revealed the Maharishi Effect—the influence of intense
coherence produced in a society with just one percent of its population
practising the Transcendental Meditation programme—and the Extended
Maharishi Effect, in which the same coherent influence is produced by only
the square root of one percent of the population practising the more
powerful TM-Sidhi Yogic Flying programme in a group.
This discovery has given every country, even the smallest, a formula to
eliminate problems and negativity and strengthen positive trends in its
national life while bringing peace to the entire family of nations.
Maharishi Vedic Science
In addition to the Transcendental Meditation technique, Maharishi has
revived many other practical programmes based on the knowledge of the
ancient Vedic tradition of India. The term “Vedic” is derived from the
Sanskrit word “Veda,” which means the complete and timeless knowledge of
Natural Law.
Maharishi Vedic Science is the science and technology of consciousness.
Every Maharishi Vedic Science programme is “consciousness-based,” designed
to promote the full development of human consciousness, and thereby avoid
the mistakes that bring suffering to individuals and to the world as a
whole.
The goal of Maharishi Vedic Science is to allow everyone on earth to
live their full birthright—life in accord with Natural
Law—enlightenment.
Practical Vedic Technologies
Maharishi Vedic Science includes a wide range of Vedic technologies
that help us make full use of our mind, body and consciousness—so that we
can live a problem-free life in enlightenment.
Vedic Health—Take a prevention-oriented approach to maintaining
your health and enlivening the inner intelligence of your body through
Maharishi Consciousness-Based health care.
Vedic Education—Awaken the total creative potential of your brain
through Maharishi Consciousness-Based education.
Vedic Architecture—Live in buildings and communities designed in
harmony with the Laws of Nature through Maharishi Vedic Architecture.
Vedic Agriculture—Nourish your mind and body with food that is even
more vital than organically grown food through Maharishi Vedic Organic
AgricultureSM.
Vedic Astrology—Gain valuable insights into future trends in your
life through the Maharishi Jyotish programme, and take steps to
enhance the positive influences and neutralize negative effects through
the Maharishi Yagya programme.
Vedic Music—Create a peaceful influence in your home and
surroundings with the harmonious frequencies of Maharishi Gandharva
Veda music.
