even The Dalai Lama sent his greetings and full support
for reaching the conference goals....
Following are just a few of the highlights from the 'International Conference
for Re-establishing Vedic India', which featured many of India's leading
scientists, educators, government ministers and spiritual luminaries--and also
prominent Vedic Scientists, educators and researchers from all parts of the
world. Dr Peter Swan gives a beautiful, detailed overview of this historic
conference, with slides, anecdotes, and descriptions of the speakers and their
topics on the Maharishi Channel's 'Family Chat'.
- Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaram (Dr Tony Nader) gave an overview of Vedic
Science in light of Maharishi's insights: he explained that Vedic Science is
not a philosophy or religion--or just inspiring stories. Vedic Science is the
complete understanding of how Nature functions--both on the level of individual
life, and all life in the universe. In great detail, he described the many
ways that Maharishi revitalized the understanding of Vedic Science and brought
out the techniques to experience Enlightenment--the fundamental reality that 'I
am the Veda'. His talk highlighted the beauty and simplicity of Maharishi's
Vedic Science and technologies: the reality that problems are many in the world
but the solution is one--the experience of that divinity which is there within
everyone.
- The revered Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Vasudevananda Saraswati, gave
a beautiful and stirring tribute to the ever growing impact of Maharishi's
revival of Vedic Science in the world. And he congratulated Maharaja and all
the scientists who are upholding the purity and completeness of this knowledge.
He echoed the words of Maharaja: 'Vedic Science is not just for India--it is
for the world'. And he pledged his complete support for implementing
Maharishi's programmes to bring peace and prosperity to all lands and people.
Shankaracharya ji presided over every session of the three day conference. He
said: "This knowledge is for everyone--Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Jews,
everyone. Maharaja has brought Maharishi's knowledge from modern science and
Vedic Science and we will take it! I pray God, I wish, and I demand that we
shine the light of Veda--that we shine the light of harmony--throughout India
and the world."
- Yogashri Swami Ram Dev ji, is considered by many to be the greatest
living Yogi in India. He spoke with enormous enthusiasm about Maharishi's
revival of knowledge, and Maharaja's leadership in the world. He promised to
speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about implementing Maharishi's
programmes for India, and he said that he wanted to sponsor the next such
conference on Vedic Science. He requested that all the leading scientists that
Maharishi had trained so perfectly, should again and again come to India to
help with this great work. He said: "Maharishi has done all the work by
breaking down the barriers--by introducing Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, and
Vedic Wisdom to the whole world. There are so many teachers in the field of
Yoga--but we should all be learning from Maharishi. This is the real Vedic
Yoga, that Maharishi ji has given to the world." He added: "Maharaja has given
up everything in the service of Maharishi--when we do that, when we give
ourselves completely to service, then the whole world works for us! (followed
by great laughter)...The world is fascinated by wealth, but it will never bring
happiness and peace. Complete knowledge--this is what Maharaja is giving, and
all his saintly scientists and educators. I salute Maharishi ji--that great
Maha Purusha! Maharishi has brought you all, the vanguard of Vedic Knowledge in
the world--the holy, pious priests of Vedic Wisdom--a blessing for the whole
world."
- Swami Amritaswaroopananda Puri is the senior disciple of Amma ji. He spoke
about the importance of the Vedic principle of harmony. He said that this
conference would surely become the inspiration for a coherent effort to restore
Vedic Wisdom to India.
- The Dalai Lama sent his greetings and full support for reaching the
conference goals. He has met with Maharishi's movement leaders, and has
enthusiastically heard about all the practical, proven programmes to bring
peace and harmony to the individual and world.
- Honorable Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology, Government
of India told the conference that he had wanted to spend every minute of the
last three days with this conference. "I will do my best to have all the
programmes of Maharishi implemented through the various ministries of
government".
- Brazil's Education Minister spoke via tele-conference about how he is
working to implement Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation into all the 48,000
government-run schools in Brazil. He said that the future of education in
Brazil--and the world--is now shining bright because of this practical, proven
knowledge to develop the Total Brain. Public schools in the US and more than 50
countries have introduced TM into the curriculum, with remarkable improvement
in every area of health and learning.
- The highly respected African leader, President Joachim Chissano of
Mozambique, via Skype spoke about how he took office in the country when they
were having a 25 year old civil war, a five year drought--and they had just
been named the poorest country in the world! Taking Maharishi's guidance he had
18,000 military men practice TM twice daily, 3,000 Yogic Flyers were trained
and 30,000 civilians learned TM--and all were meditating in large groups.
"Within months the drought and civil war had ended--and Mozambique has never
been the same." President Chissano added: "Now everyone knows Mozambique is a
rising star of African nations."
- Dr Robert Schneider, author of TOTAL HEART HEALTH, Director of the US'
Institute of Natural Medicine, and researcher and professor at Maharishi
University of Management www.MUM.edu in the United States, reported on
Maharishi's revival of Ayurveda in India, and it's growing utilization around
the world. Dr Schneider has received more than $25 million from the US
government for researching the impact of Transcendental Meditation on heart
health. Last year the American Heart Association announced that after examining
research on the many techniques of meditation available in the world, they
found that only TM reduced high blood pressure, heart attacks and stroke. Dr
Schneider told the conference attendees that many governments are now
implementing or considering Maharishi's prevention-based Vedic Medicine--and
that India should lead in this area.
- Dr Eike Hartmann told the conference that in recent years, hundreds of
millions of dollars has been spent on introducing Maharishi's refinement of
Vastu architecture--the ancient system of building according to Natural Law. In
Fairfield, Iowa, and Maharishi Vedic City alone, nearly 500 buildings and homes
have been built according to Maharishi Vastu principles. Maharishi on Vastu:
"Because the individual is cosmic, everything about individual life should be
in full harmony with cosmic life."
- Dr Fred Travis is one of the world's leading researchers on the brain, and
higher states of consciousness. As Director of the Center for Brain,
Consciousness and Cognition at Maharishi University of Management, he has
recently been studying the effects of Vedic Recitation on the brain. Dr Travis
conducted a live demonstration with a volunteer hooked up to the most
sophisticated brain research equipment: the volunteer listened as about a dozen
Vedic Pandits recited Vedic sounds. Within a few seconds a remarkable level of
alpha coherence spread throughout the brain. Dr Travis explained that this type
of alpha wave brain coherence is similar to that found during the practice of
TM--and not found in other technique of meditation. Dr Travis showed on a
large screen how alpha coherence started in the frontal lobe (called the CEO of
the brain) and then spread throughout the whole brain. Alpha wave EEG coherence
is correlated with everything good in life: health, happiness, moral reasoning,
stability, higher IQ and grade point averages, and successful performance in
athletics, business, etc.
- Dr Vijay Bhatkar is best known as the architect of India's national
initiative in supercomputing. Along with Bill and Melinda Gates, Dr Bhatkar
received the Padma Bhushan award for 2015. This is one of India's highest
awards, which was presented to Dr Bhatkar for his leadership in guiding India
to excellence in Information Technology. In his talk he said that he has spent
his lifetime trying to understand the relationship between Veda and the
physical world, and that Maharaja's presentation was 'the most illuminating
talk I have ever heard.'
On Monday Maharaja and a large group of scientists and educators were invited
to meet with Sushma Swaraj, PM Modi's Minister of External Affairs. She is a
long-time practitioner of TM, and there was an enthusiastic exchange of ideas
for implementing Maharishi's Vedic Science in India.
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