JMVRI Issue Number 2
JMVRI Issue Number Two includes three papers that were originally presented at the MVRI First Regional Conference on Maharishi Vedic Science: Atma—Ved—Vishwa—Brahm. The first paper presents a deep reading and research of the book Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Government, the second examines the value of the practice of Transcendental Meditation for the health disorders and diabetes mellitus. The third article presents the impact of Maharishi Vedic University in Cambodia on the nation’s economic and social indicators from 1980 to 2015.
JMVRI Paper 2.1
Reading and Researching Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Government: Part I
Author: Geoffrey Wells
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Citation: Wells, G. (2006). Reading and researching Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Government: Part I. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 2, 5-37.
Abstract
This paper presents an approach to reading and researching Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Government, which is a comprehensive published presentation of Maharishi Vedic Science. The first section of the article presents Maharishi’s teaching on the more general question of the role of understanding in the path to enlightenment, a theme which is then applied to reading and researching this book. The focus is then on the higher-level structural organisation of the book’s themes, both through the unfolding of sections and themes in the main text, and through the parallel stream of knowledge presented in the footnotes. Particular attention is given to the first part of the book, in which most the main themes of the book are introduced, and in which many of the key terms and concepts of Maharishi’s Absolute Theory of Government are defined and discussed.