From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Mason Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:14 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi in Nepal in 1974 Apparently, in 1973 Maharishi sent Hans Bruncken to Calcutta 1973 to teach SCI. But Hans found that the intelligencia there wanted to support communism and not their own tradition knowledge.
In 1974 Hans and Charlotte moved to Katmandu where they again began teaching SCI and came into contact with the government. Whereupon Maharishi then asked the government to allow initiation of all the Nepalese people to which the government agreed. So, every day Hans talked to one of the ministers, and the King was also involved in this. It is claimed that because the king is a descendent from Lord Rama the Nepalese understood Maharishi's idea of making a `Rashta Cavach', an `umbrella for defence', to destroy communism in Asia and wherever. For this reason, MMY wanted to establish a TV station at Swayambunath and distribute TVs in every village and have relay stations in the mountains and to that end he sent a plane filled with technical equipment and engineers. The idea of Mahishi was to celebrate the puja on TV with the pundits in the villages, and then Maharishi would tell the people how to meditate, because they all have their family mantras. The only thing was, 'to do it easily like it is done in TM'. But apparently, when the West German government heard about this, they forced the Nepalese government to stop the project. So the Prime Minister himself decided "to open the gates for Maharishi but that the door opener will not be seen!" MMY agreed and went there and during one week initiated 35,000 people in Ratna Park. At Swayambunath the TV Station had been established and TV sets had been brought to all influential people, so they could see TV 24 hours a day. Nepalese artists stood in queues to present their songs etc. So the influential people were distracted from what was happening in Ratna Park. However, after one week groups came to disturb the whole thing, therefore Maharishi left and departed next day early in the morning with the plane. Maharishi said, `This thing has stopped the communism in Asia.' So is this an example of the phrase `The elephant has two kinds of teeth, one to show and one to eat.' apparently so popular with Maharishi? I was in Arosa, Switzerland with Maharishi and the gang preparing for that trip. It was one of the most fun and exciting times of my life. Someone sent me photos recently. I'll try to find and post them.
