New television channel featuring His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Veda Vision is a unique new television channel now broadcasting to the entire world via a global network of eight satellites serving every continent. Maharishi Veda Vision offers for the first time on television the scientifically validated knowledge of Veda and the Vedic Literature— the complete knowledge of Natural Law as brought to light by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi Veda Vision, popularly known as the Maharishi Channel, began broadcasting to India on 10th June, 1998, with the purposeful project of creating Heaven on Earth— a time of good will among nations, with peace and happiness and affluence for the whole world family.

Watched during the past year by viewers in India and 26 surrounding countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Maharishi Veda Vision rapidly gained an enthusiastic audience of millions who were inspired by the profound and practical knowledge presented on the channel. Now this popular television channel of India has expanded to reach every comer of the earth through a global satellite network.

Maharishi Veda Vision features exclusive broadcasts of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced Transcendental Meditation to the world more than 40 years ago, and is renowned as the greatest scientist of consciousness in the world today. Over 600 scientific research studies conducted at more than 200 universities and research institutes around the world document the profound benefits of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme. including Yogic Flying, for raising the quality of life of the individual and the whole society.

Maharishi Veda Vision inspires viewers with the tremendous contribution that Maharishi has made in reformulating the ancient, scattered knowledge of Veda and the Vedic Literature into a complete science of consciousness and Natural La\v—Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology—for the development of perfect health, happiness, and progress on all levels of individual and collective life.

Indians living abroad can now enrich their life with scientifically validated applications of knowledge from the Vedic heritage of India. A truly global phenomenon is beginning as Maharishi offers to the whole world family the practical solutions to the challenges of our modern world. This knowledge of Natural Law is the most valuable knowledge that every family, professional, and retired person should have to create perfection on every level of life.

Special programming of Maharishi Veda Vision: Four hours of daily programming in Hindi, with some English language segments

• His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi unfolds the profound, practical value of his Vedic Science and Technology for developing the total brain potential of every individual and, on this basis, creating perfection in life for every aspect of society and the whole world.

• Eminent research scientists verify the effectiveness of Maharishi's Vedic Technologies of Consciousness for transforming life from turbulence and struggle to Heaven on Earth.

Topics include the relationship of the Unified Field described by quantum physics to the fundamental level of human consciousness—Atma, the Cosmic Self of everyone. Topics are presented in the light of their practical application for creating a new level of coherence in society.

• Professor Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D. explores his brilliant discovery that the human body perfectly reflects the managing intelligence of Natural Law that governs the universe in perfect order and harmony'. This discovery, under Maharishi's guidance, shows that the eternal qualities of intelligence of Veda and the Vedic Literature, Total Natural Law, are fully expressed in the structure and function of the human physiology. Professor Nader's fascinating insights reveal that these Laws of Nature arc the higher intelligences (in Vedic terms the Devatas) that administer the universe. This historic discovery verifies scientifically the reality that "the individual is Cosmic."

• Experts present practical applications of Maharishi's Vedic Science for all areas of society, government, politics, education. management, health, architecture, city planning.

• The daily News Report examines world events in the light of principles of Natural Law and the scientific research on the effectiveness of Maharishi's Vedic Technologies to create mistake-free, problem-free life and raise every area of society to perfection.

• Special programmes feature Maharishi's practical formula to create lasting world peace through coherence-creating groups of Yogic Flyers in every Time Zone—a "Group for a Government"— bringing the constant influence of coherence to every nation's decisions.

• Veda Path— recitation of Vedic sounds by Vedic Pandits— enlivens the Laws of Nature. Maharishi explains that Vedic sounds are reverberations of Atma—the Cosmic Self of everyone.

Maharishi Veda Vision can be viewed in any country in the world

• Anyone in any country may view the channel now with correct satellite dish and receiver. The signal is digital, and free-to-air, i.e. not scrambled.

• Any cable network featuring Asian programming is warmly invited to carry this unique channel. The millions of Indians living outside of India will find Maharishi Channel of great interest to their life. Maharishi Channel broadcasts 24 hours to India and 26 nearby countries.

Broadcast details -Please note that all times are given in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

The Maharishi Channel is broadcast on satellite Hotbird 3 at 13 degrees East,

Channel name MOU.2, Frequency 2475 MhZ, horizontal polarity, Symbol Rate 27500, FEC 3/4.

Broadcast times: 13.30 - 17.30 GMT (GMT is standard British winter time)

INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA PanAmSat 4 at 68.5 degrees E.; Transponder 8C; Frequency 3932 MHz; Polarity vertical;

Symbol Rate 19997; FEC 3/4; Channel MOU 1. (also on many cable channels) Broadcast times: 09.00 - 13.00 GMT (i.e. 2.30 - 6.30 pm in India)

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Optus B3 at 156 degrees E.; Transponder 2; Frequency 12336 MHz; Polarity vertical

Symbol Rate 30000; FEC 2/3; Virtual Channel 1

Broadcast times: 06.30 - 10.30 GMT

EAST ASIA

Palapa C2 at 113 degrees E.: Transponder 4K; Frequency 11616.5 MHz; Polarity vertical

Symbol Rate 3000; NTSC; FEC 3/4

Broadcast times: 03.30 - 07.30 GMT

AFRICA, NORTH CENTRAL ASIA, AND OCEANIA Thaicom 3 at 78.5 degrees E.: Transponder 5G; Frequency 3600 MHz Polarity horizontal; Symbol Rate 26667; FEC 3/4 Broadcast times: 06.30 - 10.30 GMT

NORTH AMERICA, ESPECIALLY THE UNITED STATES

Echostar 3 at 61.5 degrees W.: Channel 904-details for equipment and set-up available from

Echostar Customer Service Center, 1-800-454-0843.

Broadcast times: 20.30 - 00.30 GMT

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, INCLUDING CANADA

AND THE CARIBBEAN

Telstar 5 at 97 degrees W.: Transponder 27: Frequency 12177 MHz: Polarity vertical

Symbol rate 23000: FEC 2.3; Receivers can be ordered from SatCom Systems at 1-724-779-9600

Broadcast times: 20.30 - 00.30 GMT

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

SatMex Sat 116.8 degrees W.: Transponder 16; Frequency 12005MHz

Symbol Rate 4440: Polarity vertical; FEC 3,4; NTSC.