“The perfect orderliness of the Sanskrit language creates orderliness and balance in the brain physiology, expands the memory, and purifies the physiology. When reciting the Vedic language, the brain functions from more silent levels, increasing peace and harmony in the mind.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Now everyone has the unique opportunity to learn Sanskrit — the Language of Nature — through our new Home-Study Introduction to Sanskrit course. Many students have reported personal benefits from learning and reading the Vedic Literature in Sanskrit. Here are a few comments:

“This course is much more than a regular class, it’s a technique for enlightenment! I learned how to read in Sanskrit. Now I read the Vedic Literature for a few minutes every day.”

“When I’m reading the Vedic Literature, after a few minutes I feel unbounded bliss and a soothing feeling permeate my whole physiology. Over time this experience increases in magnitude.”

“I find that reading Sanskrit really settles my awareness. It creates a lot of coherence inside. It’s a technique to make awareness more clear. It also creates a real sweet feeling inside of a connectedness to the Laws of Nature.”

“Learning to read Sanskrit, I feel both like a first grader and a seer. There is a playful joy in learning to read the sounds of the Veda. At the same time I feel attuned with the great enlightened minds of ancient times and with the Laws of Nature as I read the Vedic Literature in its original language.”

“Reading Vedic Literature in Sanskrit helps me stay balanced, blissful, and successful — noticeably developing intuition, refining perception, and increasing my support of Nature.”

Course Content

In this course you will learn to:

• pronounce the Sanskrit alphabet
• read and write the Devanagari script
• read aloud verses from the Bhagavad-Gita from the Devanagari
• read aloud other Sanskrit texts of the Vedic Literature that Maharishi has emphasized, including verses from the Rk Veda, Upanishads, Yoga Sutras, and Brahma Sutras from the Devanagari

Course materials include a learning guide that leads you step by step throughout the whole course, a set of videotapes with seven hours of lecture, a textbook, and a workbook with practical and easy exercises.

Faculty:

Videotaped lessons and other course materials were created by Thomas Egenes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Maharishi Vedic Science. It also features a native speaker from India to pronounce the Sanskrit sounds and Vedic expressions.

Unit of credit and course fees:

• If you take this course as a noncredit course, the tuition is $317, or $300 if you already have the Sanskrit workbook. You will receive a $50 refund if you return the 4 videotapes within one year to Maharishi University of Management Press, Fairfield, IA 52557.
• This course can also be taken as a credit course. It carries two units of credit. Tuition is $700. It can be taken for graduate credit applicable to the Master of Arts in Maharishi Vedic Science.

We accept MasterCard and Visa payments by phone, or you may send a check made payable to “Maharishi University of Management Press” to Maharishi University of Management Press, Fairfield, IA 52557.

How to apply

Call the University Press at (800) 831-6523 or email . Application procedure is very simple. If the office is closed, please leave us a message with your pnone number and we will call you back to confirm your course request and answer any question you may have.