About Maharishi Gandharva Veda Music

The Eternal Music of Nature

By playing Maharishi Gandharva Veda music you can join in the creation of a new atmosphere of peace, harmony, and joy for yourself, your family, and the world.

Gandharva Veda music is the eternal music of nature - the rhythms and melodies of nature expressed as music. If you could hear the changing frequencies present at the first awakening of the dawn, in the dynamics of midday, or in the deep silence of midnight, you would be hearing the frequencies of Gandharva Veda music.

These sublime melodies neutralize stress and disharmony in the environment, and gently restore biological rhythms by attuning the physiology to the cycles of nature that underlie each hour of the day and each season of the year.

The knowledge of when to play each melody is based on three-hour periods called Praharas which correspond to the changing frequencies of nature throughout the day. Maharishi Gandharva Veda provides music to create balance in the environment throughout the eight Praharas of the day - Sunrise, Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Sunset, Evening, Midnight and Late Night.

"Gandharva music is the eternal music of nature eternally the same, going on and on and on in swings of bliss everywhere." -  Maharishi

The eternal music of nature: to create balance in nature and peace in the world. Available on audio compact disc, Maharishi Gandharva Veda is music in tune with natural law, the classical music of the ancient Vedic Civilization that enjoyed Heaven on Earth. It uses sound, melody, and rhythm to restore balance and harmony in mind, body, behaviour, and environment. These beautiful melodies have been recorded for you by the finest Gandharva Veda musicians in India. Each set of recordings contains melodies appropriate to different times of the day.

Health Benefits

Various scientific research studies have been conducted on the    influence of Maharishi Gandharva Veda music in the areas of consciousness, behaviour, physiology, and the environment:

Integrating effect on the brain functions of humans: the electrical potentials of the activity of the brain before and during the listening of Gandharva Veda music were analysed by a computer, for frequencies as Delta, Theta, Alpha and Beta-waves. While listening to Gandharva Veda music, a clear increase of the electrical potentials within the Theta-wave-range (frequencies 4–8 Hz) can be observed. A similar effect has been found during the practice of Transcendental Meditation, where it correlates with a state of relaxation and the experience of bliss. Source: Rasmussen, Orme-Johnson and Wallace, 1990.

Balancing of the physiology, decreased tension, decreased irritability, less lethargy and increased brain wave activity in the Alpha-Beta-and Theta ranges verify the relaxing and integrating effects of this music, which have also been found during the practice of Transcendental Meditation. Source: Dissertation of Theresa Olson-Sorflaten, 1995, USA.

The growth of isolated cells (including tumour cells) was retarded when the sounds of Sama Veda were played (Sama Veda is said to be the origin of Gandharva Veda music). Source: Alternative Therapies in Clinical Practice, 1996, Vol. 3(4).
The growth of five types of cancer cells (lung, intestine, brain, breast and skin) was retarded when exposed to Sama Veda (the origin of Gandharva Veda music). Source: Sharma H.M., Kauffman E.M., Dudek A., Stephens R.E. Effect of different sounds on growth of human cancer lines in vitro. Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine.

Tests with plants: the plant which was closest to the source of sound virtually embraced the loudspeaker, when Gandharva Veda music was played. When Hard–Rock music was used, the plants turned away from the source of the sound. Source: “The secret life of plants”, by Bird & Tompkins.

Creating World Peace

Maharishi's Festivals of Music for World Harmony
In 1986, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated his Program to Create World Peace, introducing the theme of creating balance in Nature and peace in the world through the performance of Gandharva Veda music. Since then many of India’s most renowned musicians have joined in this world-wide revival of the eternal music of nature. Today, Gandharva Veda musicians continue to perform in concerts around the year, around the world.