Scientific research on Reading the Vedic literature at MUM - Papers and dissertations

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Scientific research on Reading the Vedic literature at MUM

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Travis, F.T., Olsen, T., Egenes, T., & Gupta, H.K. (2001).

Physiological patterns during practice of the Transcendental Meditation Technique compared with patterns while reading Sanskrit and a modern language.

International Journal of Neuroscience, 109, 71-80.

 

This study tested the prediction that reading Vedic Sanskrit texts, without knowledge of their meaning, produces a distinct physiological state. We measured EEG, breath rate, heart rate, and skin conductance during: (1) 15-min Transcendental Meditation practice; (2) 15-min reading verses of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit; and (3) 15-min reading the same verses translated in German, Spanish, or French. The two reading conditions were randomly counterbalanced, and subjects filled out experience forms between each block to reduce carryover effects. Skin conductance levels significantly decreased during both reading Sanskrit and TM practice, and increased slightly during reading a modern language. Alpha power and coherence were significantly higher when reading Sanskrit and during TM practice, compared to reading modern languages. Similar physiological patterns when reading Sanskrit and during practice of the TM technique suggests that the state gained during TM practice may

be integrated with active mental processes by reading Sanskrit.Publication Types:

 

Clinical Trial

Randomized Controlled Trial

 

Travis, F.T. , Olson, T., Egenes, T., Gupta, H.K. (in press) A Comparison of Physiological Patterns during Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Technique with Physiological Patterns during Reading the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit and in a Modern Language.

International Journal of Neuroscience.

 

PhD.-Dissertations at Maharishi University of Management:

 

Freeman, Marci Tanner.

Enlivening Veda in consciousness and physiology by reading the Vedic Literature in conjunction with the experience of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9713469.

 

de Freitas, Graham Anthony.

A case study of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's program for reading Vedic literature: Revealing the effect of Vedic sounds on growth towards higher states of consciousness, enhanced intuition, and increasingly refined poetic expression. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2002. Order No. 3053341.

 

Hankey, Deborah Ann.

The awakening of full human potential through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Vedic Science research on the experience of reading the Vedic literature. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9948662.

 

Kleinschnitz, Anne Christy Chapin.

Reading the Vedic Literature: the approach in Maharishi's Vedic Science for accelerating the development of consciousness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9701128.

 

McQuiston, Tina Colleen.

The Maharishi program for reading Vedic literature: Results utilizing the technology of Vedic sound in the light of Prachetana. Order No. 3130317.

 

Oates, Patricia Ferguson.

The program of reading Vedic literature in Maharishi Vedic Science: Fundamental principles and application. Order No. 3130318.

 

Pohlman, David Matthew.

Unfolding spiritual potential through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs and reading Vedic literature. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130319.

 

Ramberg, Jan Bengt Tonnes.

The effects of reading the Vedic Literature on personal evolution in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1999. Order No. 9933982.

 

Wegman, Keith Stewart.

Applying the principal educational methodology of Maharishi Vedic Science — the Maharishi Transcendental Meditation program and Maharishi’s program of reading the Vedic literature — for accelerated development of higher states of consciousness characterized by life in accord with natural law. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130321.

 

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