Research Proposal for the Doctoral Program in Maharishi Vedic ...

13The Discovery of Veda and Vedic Literature in Human PhysiologyIn 1993, Maharishi guided Professor Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D. in the discovery of Vedaand Vedic Literature at the basis of human physiology. Nader documented a striking oneto-onecorrelation in structure and function between the human body and the 40 aspectsof Veda and Vedic Literature disclosed in Maharishi Vedic Science. The discoveryboldly proclaims that human beings are made of Veda. The discovery of Veda and VedicLiterature in human physiology provides a scientific verification of the essence ofMaharishi Vedic Science – that human beings are capable of living perfection in dailylife, Unity Consciousness.VedaFirst let us define Veda. Maharishi explains that Veda means knowledge. Veda iscomplete knowledge, total knowledge. Knowledge is the coming together of the knower,the process of knowing and the known. The field of the knower is the field of subjectiveknowledge. The field of the known is the field of objective knowledge. The process ofknowing is the dynamic link between the knower and the known. In Sanskrit, the knoweris Rishi, the process of knowing is Devata, the known is Chhandas. Maharishi explainsthat Veda is the togetherness of knower, knowing, and known, or the Samhita of Rishi,Devata, Chhandas. Maharishi elaborates,Veda is the structure and function of pure knowledge. It encompasses the wholerange of science and technology; it is theory and practice at the same time; it isthe structure of total knowledge – Samhita of Rishi, Devata, Chhandas – thetogetherness of the observer, process of observation, and object of observation.(Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1993, p. 5)