Realizing Brahman: As Taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Among the great treasures of Vedic knowledge is a branch known as Vedānta. Vedānta reveals the story of Brahman - the wholeness, totality of life, and its availability to humankind. It includes both intellectual understanding derived from its primary texts mainly the Upanishads, Brahma Sūtras, and Bhagavad-Gītā as well as technologies of consciousness to unfold the experience of life in Brahman.

But the proper understanding of Vedānta has often been obscured, as translations and commentaries have become divorced from the actual experience of Brahman. As a result, Vedānta philosophy today is a purely intellectual and speculative philosophy with virtually no practical significance, and therefore useless and ineffective for those who aspire to the knowledge and experience of life's ultimate reality..

In Realizing Brahman, Dr. Sands explores Vedanta philosophy in the light of the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, illustrating both its proper understanding and the practical technologies for unfolding Brahman in our lives. This easy-to-read exposition incorporates Maharishi's teachings on Vedanta into an enjoyable and easily understandable account, which anyone interested in the full potential of human life can comfortably enjoy.

About the Author:

D r. William F. Sands is an international administrator of the worldwide Transcendental Meditation organizations, with special responsibility for Maharishi Vedic Science. He is also Dean of the College of Maharishi Vedic Science at Maharishi International University.

Dr. Sands completed his undergraduate studies at Georgetown University and received his MA and PhD from Maharishi International University. His doctoral dissertation was on Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Govern-ment in the Valmiki Rāmāyan.

He has worked in various capacities in Maharishi's global organizations for almost 50 years, including 15 years directly with Maharishi at his in-ternational headquarters in Holland.

He has lectured in over 30 countries around the world, in Europe, the Middle East, India, and throughout Asia, and has published articles on a variety of topics. He is also a Sanskrit scholar and author of five books, entitled: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and His Gift to the World; Maharishi's Yoga (Vol. I): The Royal Path to Enlightenment, Maharishi's Yoga (Vol. II): Yoga and Vedānta; Everything is Made of Vedic Sounds; and Realizing Brahman.