Transcendental India - images of deep meditation & communing with divinity

The oldest living spiritual wisdom on earth, the Veda, emerges from reverberations of transcendental consciousness, available to anyone through Transcendental Meditation. Cognised in holistic completeness as coherent formulae by the great seers of India to guide humanity for eternity, and preserved by the Vedic families of India for millennia, the deep silence of self-referral consciousness is the means to unfold enlightenment for any individual and create heaven on earth.


Mother India plays a special role in the family of nations as the heart and soul of all spiritual traditions by virtue of the timeless preservation of its ancient spiritual truths. Below are images which are evocative of the natural inclination towards spirituality here in India in its numerous expressions.


Maharishi - very early picture


Maharishi Pandits meditating at Brahamasthan, Madya Pradesh 

Varanasi ghat




Meditating before Mahavir (Jain guru) 



Boy going within 



Lord Shiva 



That's me! Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh 



Boat meditation, Varanasi 

Sadhus at ghat 

Palatial meditation


Young monk offering incense 


Maharishi once commented on the comfort and security of meditating in caves 



Pensive after puja 



Meditating at Golden Temple, Amritsar 



Sadhu in Himalayas 






Sadhu does japa 



Immersed in holy waters 



Flowing waters 



Obeisance to rising sun 




Offering light, incense & devotion 



Mountain top meditation 



Deep supplication 




Time for shlokas




Mountain meditation 



Communing with Ganga Ma 




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