The music, covering all periods of the day, has a deep richness and sweetness. It could only have come from a mature musician, who is both a master of his craft and steeped in Maharishi's wisdom. Professor Chaudhuri is the world's leading expert in Maharishi Gandharva Veda music. Already well known as a sitar player, and with 30 years teaching experience at Delhi University, he worked with Maharishi to establish Maharishi Gandharva Veda and is currently Dean of the Colleges of Gandharva Veda at Maharishi Vedic University in Holland, USA and India. Maharishi has worked with Professor Chaudhuri and many eminent musicians from India to bring this music back in accord with Natural Law and to revitalise its roots in the ancient Vedic tradition.
Life displays different rhythms, or cycles, as expressed in the seasons.
These rhythms or laws of nature are mirrored by Maharishi Gandharva Veda music, so when it is played they are restored and revitalised, and stress and disharmony are eliminated in mind, body, behaviour and environment. Rhythm is as important as pitch and the tabla, a set of drums, is the only instrument that must always be present in true Gandharva Veda music. The rhythms it uses have layer upon layer of structure and are extremely satisfying. Each raga is for a different purpose, usually for a specific time of day. Maharishi has emphasised the importance of playing the ragas at the correct time, and this, together with the musicians' own practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the deeper understanding of the role of Maharishi Gandharva Veda in enlivening Natural Law from its source in the Veda, is how Maharishi has revitalised it.