11 Honouring and Preserving the Vedic Tradition of Nepal Additionally, the training includes specific tech- nologies developed by Maharishi to enable Pan- dits to recite the Vedic Mantras while maintain- ing the transcendental field of consciousness or Atma in their awareness—this ensures maxi- mum effectiveness and the achievement of the goal of the Yagya. (Note: Currently in the world today, Pandits are performingYagyasonlyonthelevelofSpeech— Baikhari, so the Yagyas being performed on this more superficial level of awareness are not pro- ducing the desired results—see chart below.) In this way, the Maharishi Vedic Pandit pro- gramme being implemented in Nepal’s Gu- rukuls by our Foundation is unique in the world today and is being appreciated by respected Acharyas and Gurukul leaders throughout Nepal and India. MADHYAMA Level of thinking PASHYANTI Level of feeling Transcendental Meditation PARA: Level of Pure Consciousness BAIKHARI • Level of speech “The verses of the Veda exist in the collapse of fullness in the Transcendental Field, Self-referral Conscious- ness, the Self, in which reside all the Laws of Nature responsible for the whole manifest universe. “He whose awareness is not open to this field, what can the verses accomplish for him? Those who know this level of reality are established in evenness, wholeness of life.” Âk Veda (1.164.39) Maharishi Vedic Pandits Perform from the Cosmic Level of Nature