Great Talks by Maharishi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1968
“The job of a leader is to see that the goal of the followers is achieved. And the goal… All mankind has one common goal in the infinite bliss consciousness.” —Maharishi, 1968
“Fabulous tapes of Maharishi” –LM; “Absolutely fantastic and fulfilling.” –AS; (Reviews from Part 1. See more below.)
This twelve-lesson course features talks by Maharishi that are widely loved and appreciated and covering four main topics:
- Higher States of Consciousness
- Maharishi’s Philosophy of Action
- TM, Personal Relationships and Society
- TM, Religion and Yoga.
Serving as master of ceremonies, Buzz Allen will guide us through the series and introduce an outstanding lineup of guest speakers, including Dr. Bob Roth, Dr. John Hagelin, Dr. Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Candace Badgett, Prudence Farrow, and many others, who will share their perspectives and insights on these remarkable talks.
Course Dates: Saturdays, September 19 – December 12, 2026 at 1:30 – 3:00 pm US Central Time (These Zoom sessions will be recorded and posted online and will be available for one year.) No class on Thanksgiving weekend.
Worldwide Times: 2:30 pm Eastern | 1:30 pm Central | 12:30 pm Mountain | 11:30 am Pacific | 8:30 am Hawaii | 7:30 pm UK | 8:30 pm Central Europe | 9:30 pm Eastern Europe / MSK
Course Leaders: Buzz Allen and an All-Star Cast of Guest Speakers including Dr. Bob Roth, Dr. John Hagelin, Dr. Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Candace Badgett, Prudence Farrow, and more
Course Fee:
- $125 general course fee
- $75 discounted course fee for full-time students, full-time TM organization staff, and low-income retirees.
- Some countries might have a discounted course fee of $65 or $35. To find out about your country, please check the list in the sign-up form.
- Part of the course fee will go towards the tape digitization project currently underway by Maharishi Global Archives & Collections (MGAC) at MIU. This crucial digitization work will support future Continuing Education courses with precious archival recordings.
Languages: Spanish, French, German, and Russian subtitles generated by Deepl will be added to the posted videos.
Course Description
Course 1
Unit 1: Higher States of Consciousness
Session 1: Cosmic Consciousness
Tapes: The Goal of Meditation 15 min, Jul. 16, 1972 MIT, Cambridge, MA
Can We Reach CC in this Lifetime? 10 min 1973
Cosmic Consciousness as a Self-Liberated, Immovable, Independent State 24 min
Jun. 26, 1970 Humboldt, CA
Guest Speaker: Bob Roth – Director, David Lynch Foundation
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 2: God Consciousness
Tapes: Shaking Hands with God : How Cosmic Consciousness Evolves to God Consciousness
58 min Aug 5, 1970 Humboldt, CA
Guest Speaker: Susan Marcus – Senior Upper School Teacher, Maharishi School of the Age of
Enlightenment
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 3: Unity Consciousness
Tapes: Rising to Unity: Growth of Harmony 54 min Aug. 5, 1970 Humboldt, CA
Guest Speaker: Gerry Geer – Senior Faculty, Maharishi International University
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Unit 2: The Philosophy of Action
Session 4: Skill in Action and Spontaneous Right Action
Tapes: Technique of Skill in Action 19 min Mar. 19, Fuiggi, Italy
Experiencing Pure Consciousness – The Basis of Clear Thinking and Spontaneous Right Action
21 min Aug 18, 1974 Arosa, Switzerland
Lawful Action is on the basis of Pure Consciousness 13 min Aug. 11, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guest Speaker: Mark McCooey
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 5: Freedom from the Binding influence of Action and Ignorance
Tapes: Snake and String Part 1 47 min Jul. 6, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guest Speaker: Denise Gerace – author “The TM Book”, former head of SCI Dept., MIU
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 6: Karma
Tapes: The Philosophy of Action 15 min Aug. 10, 1970 Humboldt, CA
The Law of Karma 32 min Oct. 13, 1959 New York City, NY audio with captions
Guest Speaker: Susan Siefert – TM Teacher, International Staff Member, CE presenter
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Unit 3: TM, Personal Relationships and Society
Session 7: Personal Relationships
Tapes: Personal Relationships in Higher States of Consciousness Part 1 28 min & Part 2 24 min
Jul. 3, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guest Speaker: Candace Badgett – Leader of TM Women’s Movement in U.S.
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 8: The Vedanta View on Love and Entertainment
Tapes: All Love is Directed Toward the Self” 20 min August 26,1970 Humboldt, California
Fundamentals of Entertainment 20 min May 5, 1971 Mallorca Spain, Andy Kaufman questions
Guest Speaker: Dennis Raimondi – First Dean of Students, MIU
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 9: TM, How a Government Functions and Creating an Ideal Society
Tapes: Maharishi Interviewed by Matti Golan, Israeli Journalist 60 min 1976
Guest Speaker: Leonard Goldman
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Unit 4: TM, Religion and Yoga
Session 10: TM, Christianity and Religion
Tapes: Interview with a Swiss Journalist – TM and Christianity 37 min Nov. 23, 1971
Mallorca, Spain
Religion and TM – Faith and Prayer 19 min
Guest Speaker: Evan Finkelstein – Faculty Emeritus, MIU, Religion
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Skip a week for Thanksgiving
Session 11: Cosmic Consciousness and the Will of God
Tapes: Individual Life in Cosmic Consciousness 40 min Aug. 15, 1970 Humboldt, CA
Guest Speaker: Evan Finklestein – Faculty Emeritus, MIU, Religion
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 12: Revival of the Knowledge of Yoga
Tapes: Revival of Knowledge: Rediscovery of the Path to Enlightenment 39 min Aug. 3, 1970
Humboldt, CA (Yoga and Patanjali)
Guest Speaker: Prudence Farrow – Life long TM and Yoga Teacher
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2026 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Course 2
Unit 5: The History of the Transcendental Meditation Movement
Session 13: The Growth of the Students International Meditation Society in the U.S.
Tapes: Beginning of SIMS and the Seagull Story 22 min Jul. 11, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guest Speakers: Keith Wallace, Stan Crowe – slides of early posters, exponential growth, Keith’s
thesis, lifelong research and active advocacy to governments and academics
Date: Saturday, January 2, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 14: The Relationship with the Master
Tapes: Maharishi Talks About Guru Dev – Guru Dev and the Full Moon 41 min Jul.8, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guru Dev Movie?
Guest Speaker: John Cowhig – Maharishi’s Secretary for many years
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 15: Guru Dev and the Start of the Movement
Tapes: Maharishi Speaks on Guru Dev and the History of the Movement 90 min Humboldt, CA
Speaker: Buzz Allen
Date: Saturday, January 16, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Unit 6: Scientific Breakthroughs Resulting from TM Research
Session 16: The Birth of a Scientific Revolution: The Maharishi Effect
Tapes: One Percent to Enlighten the World 25 min Aug. 10, 1970 Humboldt, CA
Inauguration of the Dawn of Age of Enlightenment 5 min 1975, opening section with Keith,
David and Crime Charts with Maharishi in background
Alliance with Natural Law 10 min Sept. 27, 1982 Seelisberg. Switzersland
Guest Speakers: David Orme Johnson and Carla Brown explore the research, adventures getting it published and the response of the academic, scientific, governmental and corporate communities.
Date: Saturday, January 23, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 17: Maharishi’s Conversations with Great Scientists and Thinkers, Research Directions
Tapes: Press Conference with Maharishi and Buckminster Fuller 33 min July 22, 1971 Amherst, MA
Guest Speaker: Fred Travis – discussion of his research on physiological correlates of higher states of
Consciousness
David Orme-Johnson – presentation on benefits of TM twice a day vs just once
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 18: Transcendental Meditation and Quantum Physics
Tapes: Loss and Revival of Knowledge, Subtle Bodies, Rebirth 39 min 1974 Arosa, Switzerland Guest Speaker: John Hagelin – Former President, MIU Current US Leader of TM Organization
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Unit 7: Advanced Techniques and the TM Sidhi Program –
The Subjective Approach to Gaining Knowledge
Session 19: Introduction to Advanced Techniques of the TM Program
Tapes: The Advanced Techniques of the Transcendental Meditation Program 71 min Feb. 13, 1987
Maharishi Nagar, India ??? long, explore other options
Guest Speaker: Roger and Katie Grose – TM Advanced Technique Teachers
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 20: The Subjective Approach to Gaining Knowledge: Ritam Bara Pragya
Tapes: The Relation between Name and Form in the Veda: Ritam Bara Pragya 50 min
Guest Speaker: Tom Egenes – Vedic Science Department, MIU Sanskrit Scholar and author
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 21: Mechanics of Cognition
Tapes: Mechanics of Cognition on the Level of Ritam Bara Pragya 61 min Feb. 7, 1971
Mallorca, Spain
Guest Speaker: Wally DeVasier – Fairfield Iowa TM Center, TM-Sidhi Administrator
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 22: Yoga Philosophy
Tapes: Yoga and the Misinterpretations of Patanjali 51 min 1971, Humboldt, CA Discuss Sanyama
Guest Speaker: Bill Sands – Chairman Vedic Science Dept., MIU; Author of “Maharishi’s Yoga”
and “Realizing Brahman”
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 23: Introduction to the TM Sidhi Program
Tapes: The TM Sidhi Program Learning to Operate from the Simplest Form of Awareness
25 min November 20, 1978
Guest Speaker: Sam and Melody Katz or Doug and Linda Birx – TM Sidhi Program Administers
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Session 24: The Practical Reality of World Peace
Tapes: Presentation to the United Nations and Nobel Loureates Conferences
Guest Speaker: John Hagelin – Director, Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2027 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CST
Reviews from Part 1:
- Listening to Maharishi today was so moving and just felt such gratitude . I don’t know why but these squaw valley videos are so clear and informative. – KS
- What a joy to relive these times. – JL
- Wonderful! – DW
- I am forever grateful to those who attended this Squaw Valley Course and went on to change our world! With INFINITE THANK YOU! Jai Guru Dev – KD
- We are very Lucky who have signed up for this wonderful course? We are on a Beautiful Jet Flight! Jai Guru Dev – PP
- I was at Squaw Valley 1968. Life changing and shaping experience. – MG
- So uplifting and Divine…floating in Love, compassion, forgiveness, Bliss, sweetness ! Gratitude. JAI GURU DEV – CM
- Still have my note books – HM
- Maharishis wording. It’s different than later, more from the heart. So innocent. Laughing and giggling. It’s a jewel. – DV
- Being with Maharishi via the tape reinforces in me that Nature is loving – JM
- Fabulous tapes of Maharishi – LM
- Absolutely fantastic and fulfilling – AS
- Fascinating. Absolutely brilliant. So much Bliss and Love. Huge Gratitude Dr. Wallace, Dear Susan, Mary. Jai Guru Dev – AT
- All gratitude to Maharishi and Guru Dev for leading us back to the Absolute – MF
- This was truly an amazing session! I feel that I have learned sooo much – SZ
- Thanks so much for all your sharing of stories and knowledge – CJ
- Fabulous tapes – KH
- Great stories too – GE
- These are beautiful talks of Maharishi! – CJ
- So amazing to hear about those extraordinary early older pioneers. Woukd love to hear more. – CJ
- Great stuff. – DS
- Delightful tape. – GK
- Enjoying these tapes so much. Thanks – JS
- I liked what Maharishi said on the does and don’ts in religions.It was quite nurishing. – CM
- Merci – AS
- Maharishi is brilliant in the simplicity of knowledge in these tapes. So simple and direct in the process of transcendental meditation. We can’t thank Him enough and the people who have organized all of these lectures and pictures. Thank you – GW
- Maharishi gave an interesting response to the question about reincarnation, that we don’t enter into these areas of contradictory views or beliefs. – AH
- Wow! – AP
- Such a fascinating Lesson today !! our teachers are so Blissful, loving and knowledgeable, devoted and experienced, Pure delight !! Maharishi revealing secrets that we never heard before !! All gratitude for this Ocean of Bliss, of Unity in Maharishi’s Grace !! JAI GURU DEV – CM
It is so fascinating to virtually Be with Maharishi at that time, we feel so relaxed and enthusiatic, blissful at the same time ! Thank you so much, so delightfull ! JAI GURU DEV – CM
Course Leader
About Buzz Allen
Buzz Allen
Buzz Allen is currently an administrator and founding board member at the Maharishi Global Archives & Collections at MIU. He became a TM Teacher in 1971 and has taught over 500 people. He graduated from Princeton University in 1975 and has worked for the TM organization full-time for many years at Cobb Mountain, Maharishi School and MIU. Since 1998 he has also worked as President of the Accelerated Learning Foundation which teaches math and science reasoning through educational games worldwide. His main roles there were project director for programming teams adapting manual games to online versions and he was also the head of marketing and teacher training.
FAQ
Are the lectures just audio recordings, or are they videos?
This course consists of all video recordings of Maharishi.
How good is the audio quality?
The audio quality very good and most people will not need to rely on the subtitles, but some might find them helpful.
How long are the videos available to view?
Videos are available to view for at least one year after signing up.
Where can I contact the organizer of this event with any questions?
Please email the Office of Continuing Education at ce@miu.edu.Or you can call 641-919-0045 during office hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 am – noon and 1:00 – 4:00 pm (Central Time).
What is the refund policy?
We offer full refunds to anyone who requests them before starting the fourth class.