News: 1994–2024
Appeal to Scholz and Modi for the state visit
It’s essential to me to participate in projects that are in accord with my life’s vision. If I can achieve something with like-minded people, all the better. It brings me great joy to invest my time and financial resources to promote good in the world.
And so for many years I have been volunteering for several foundations and organizations: As the secretary general of EURAMA, the European Ayurveda Medical Association, as the founder of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Vedic Cultural Heritage, as the ambassador and longtime promoter of the Children Help e.V., and last but not least, as the chairman and member of the board of trustees in numerous international nonprofit foundations to make Vedic Knowledge known around the world.
My Reflections on „The Blessings of Maharishi“ Book Launch in Delhi
Video message from Lothar Pirc on Indian state television
10,000 for World Peace Assembly near Hyderabad
It was my great joy to participate in the 10,000 for World Peace Assembly near Hyderabad, in India, the land of the Veda from 29th December 2023 till 13th January 2024.
This was indeed a wonderful experience to meet with practitioners from 139 countries with the goal to reduce the stress in the world conciousness through their collective meditations. It just felt like a great family gathering.
Our wonderful host was the Kanha Shanti Vanam, the Heartfulness Meditation Center.
The Assembly was be held in the presence of Tony Nader MD, PhD, MARR and other leaders of the Global Country of World Peace, together with a large group of Maharishi Vedic Pandits who performed both Yogic Flying and MahaYagyas daily for world peace. Several distinct leaders of other spiritual organizations visited the event and promised to support the creation of permanent groups of 10.000 advanced TM Meditators.
One day, while I was going to the reception of the Kanha Shanti Vanam to pick up a parcel I was asked if I could please give a short interview about my experiences of being a course participant. I was surprised that now the whole interview was published on their youtube channel without hardly any editing. I was thinking they would take only 5 maybe 10 minutes, but now I was pleasantly surprised that they took the whole interview. You may like to enjoy the interview.
Kanhacast #43 Lothar Pirc – The blessing of Maharishi and our time at Kanha Shanti Vanam
About 100 students learned the technique of Transcendental Meditation at the Ayurveda College of Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Pune, India
Dr. Girish Momaya and Lothar Pirc attended the United Consciousness Conclave in Ujjain, India and also addressed the audience.
From 15th to 17th December 2023
About UCC
In Seeking to mitigate the impacts of great enormous suffering across the planet, United Consciousness was organizing three days (15th – 16th – 17th December 2023) of Online Global Conferencing that highlights and celebrates Peace and the Joy of Life.
With a vision of ‘One Consciousness, One Being’, UCC 2023 was offering a harmonious gathering blend of eminent scholars, artists, researchers and practitioners of different faiths, religions, and sciences including yoga. We had distinguished guests from all parts of the world, who came together to declare the ‘Divine beyond The Divides’.
UCC Objectives
- To establish consciousness studies
- To encourage spiritual democracy
- To establish holistic living through spirituality
- To create a platform of research and development in spirituality
- To reintegrate ancient wisdom with modern living
Dr. Girish Momaya during his speech
Lothar Pirc addressing the audience
Appointment as Professor of Practice at one of the best private universities in India
I am happy to be part of the faculty of DPU, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune at its Center for Online Learning.
There are 13 faculties in Pune which have introduced the brand name „DPU“ in the fields of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Optometry, Biotechnology, Management, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Design, Health Sciences, Humanities, Science and Engineering.
DPU is also known nationwide for its Center for Online Learning, state-of-the-art infrastructure and highly motivated faculty members.
The main and administrative building of DPU
Neale Donald Walsch believes peace through technologies of consciousness is possible.
Neale Donald Walsch believes peace through technologies of consciousness is possible – in Pantheism TV’s current conversation with Lothar Pirc. Neale Donald Walsch is one of the most famous international authors of spiritual books. His book „Conversations with God“ was published in 34 languages and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. In conversation with Lothar Pirc, managing director of the German Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Bad Ems and the author of The Blessing of Maharishi, Walsch considered it realistic that Transcendental Meditation and Vedic technologies of consciousness can bring world peace within a very short time.
During the talk, Pirc first explained his commitment to the spread of Ayurveda and to peace efforts in the world, briefly presented his book, and then asked Walsch what he thought of the Transcendental Meditation technique, Ayurveda, and Vedic peace technologies. The best-selling author then expressed with great appreciation that all of this should be taken very seriously, that it is a reliable technique that can be learned and practiced by anyone on earth regardless of culture, religion, or background, and that world peace could be created with this technology in this generation and in a short time. Neale expressed at the end of the talk visibly moved, “Folks, we have a chance here, we have a real chance, listen to every word that’s been spoken here.”
The video is an excerpt from the interview of Pantheism TV on the topic: Hope for a better world. Moderator: Torge Meyer, Chairman Association League of Pantheists. Invited were Neale Donald Walsch (author of the world bestseller Conversations with God), Anke von Eckstaedt (report of her near-death experience), Hardy Nabutsi (spiritual experiences) and Lothar Pirc (Maharishi Ayurveda Private Health Centre Bad Ems, author The Blessing of Maharishi).
Link to the book The Blessing of Maharishi: https://lotharpirc.com/autobiography-of-lothar-pirc/
On the trail of TM and Ayurveda in India and Nepal
As one of the leading German representatives for Ayurveda, Lothar Pirc, founder of the Maharishi Ayurveda Clinic Bad Ems, has visited several emerging Ayurveda clinics in India and Nepal. Such traditional treatment centers are being developed in the future entertainment park Vedaland (near Pune, India) and in Pokhara, Nepal. The Ayurveda expert also visited several Pandit Schools there. At Dr. Patil University in Pune, where he was appointed professor, he and his colleagues have trained the first 100 students in the practice of Transcendental Meditation.
The tour started in Kathmandu, where Lothar Pirc participated as moderator and keynote speaker at the seventh International Ayurveda Congress (we reported briefly). A total of 350 delegates from 14 countries attended the congress, and the three-day event was broadcast live on 45 Internet channels. Afterwards, he and his colleague Brahmachari Dr. Girish Momaya flew to Pokhara, where the German Foundation for the Promotion of Vedic Heritage supports three Pandit Schools, to meet and talk with students and school principals. They also visited the site where construction of the new clinic in Pokhara has begun, together with the two directors of Maharishi Ayurveda, Dr. Rainer Picha and Dr. Walter Mölk.
Together with Dr. Girish Momaya and two Indian TM teachers, Mr. Pirc then traveled to the DPU College of Ayurveda & Research Centre in Pimpri, Pune, to teach TM to the first 100 students. The students were very enthusiastic about the video lectures by the founder of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Mr. Pirc had already visited the institution in December to instruct all twelve faculty leaders in the meditation practice. He has been appointed Professor of Practice there and starting from May, he will regularly lecture on Vedic Management to MBA students. The faculty currently has 10,000 students from around the world, including 3,000 from Africa.
Visiting one of the three Pandit Schools in Pokhara, Nepal
Only a new seed brings a new harvest. In view of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Lothar Pirc emphasises the reduction of tensions through the spiritual technique of Transcendental Meditation – which, with its focus on consciousness, is very much in the tradition of yoga. In this video message, the entrepreneur, who works in the healthcare sector, addresses peace-loving decision-makers in Germany. Pirc is also a teacher of Transcendental Meditation and makes it clear that the effects of this ancient meditation technique go beyond personal happiness and better health. In fact, when practised in groups, TM leads to greater social coherence and harmony – including less terror and fewer armed conflicts. There are a number of sociological field studies on this.
Participant & Speaker at 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) & Arogya Expo in Panjim, Goa, India, 8. – 11. December 2022
Lothar Pirc participated in one of the most important Ayurveda gatherings of the year, the 9th World Ayurveda Congress. The Congress had more than 5000 delegates from 52 countries. It took place from 8 to 11 December in Goa, India. Maharishi AyurVeda was represented by Prof. Ranade, Vaidya Manohar, Ram Shrivastava, and Lothar Pirc. Lothar gave three presentations to the International Delegates Assembly.
- Proposal to Create Peace in the World through the Ancient Vedic Sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga and Yagya – from Philosophy to Science
- Recent Achievements of Maharishi AyurVeda worldwide
- Country Report of the progress of Ayurveda in Germany
During three VIP dinners Lothar had fruitful interactions with the Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Ayush Secretary Prof Rajesh Kotecha, the Chief Minister of Goa, serval other Ministers, Dr. Devendra Triguna, many principals of Ayurveda colleges and leaders of the Ayurveda community from around the world.
In the month of July a video message from Lothar addressing to the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi was broadcast nation-wide from the Indian State TV. This message was played during the International Delegates Assembly just before the Minister of AYUSH came. Lothar’s inspiring message can be viewed at:
How is it possible to profoundly improve health in just two weeks of Panchakarma treatment?
The Maharishi Ayurveda Private Clinic Bad Ems has been the leading clinic for authentic and professional Ayurveda in Europe for 30 years now. In an interview with Golden Age, founder and owner Lothar Pirc talks about the treasures of Maharishi Ayurveda as an integral health system:
How is it possible to profoundly improve health in just two weeks of Panchakarma treatment? How can metabolic residues and environmental toxins be eliminated from the body and how can a completely new body feeling and a clear mind be ensured? What influence does Transcendental Meditation have on one’s own well-being and the development of consciousness? What is the scientific background and the state of research? And how can Ayurveda make you feel younger and more vital immediately?
The current video gets to the bottom of all these questions and at the same time gives you a wonderful insight into the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Bad Ems in the west of Germany.
Let yourself be inspired!
Lothar Pirc talks about the treasures of Maharishi Ayurveda as an integral health system.
Invitation from the European Yoga Federation (EYF) and the Embassy of India in Zagreb, Croatia
My message on Indian television!
My personal video message to Prime Minister Modi was aired on 7 July 2022, during the G7 Summit at Schloss Elmau, in prime time by Doordarshan, India’s national television channel.
You can watch this video here, including an opening credit added by the channel and footage of Modi’s visit to Germany at the end.
I hadn’t planned this video, but somehow it came about – you can read more about it further down this page.
Exclusive 4-part interview series for Transcendental Meditation Germany
In an exclusive 4-part interview series for Transcendental Meditation Germany, I talk to Désirée Müller from the agency Press’n’Relations in Ulm about Ayurveda and Transcendental Meditation.
In the first part, ‘Founded in the Self with Ayurveda and TM’, I explain why Ayurveda was no longer available in its entirety in India and why its popularity only increased significantly again when Maharishi Mahesh Yogi revitalised the ancient health system with all its facets and, on his initiative, spread it in the West and stimulated new scientific studies. I also explain pulse diagnosis, which can be used to recognise the development of diseases in their initial stages.
To the interview in German: meditation.de/exclusive-interview-with-ayurveda-and-tm-self-created
What is the origin of the Indian health system Ayurveda, and how can it be that such a millennia-old teaching can make a decisive contribution to recovery from so many modern illnesses? I answer these and other questions in the second part of my interview with TM Germany.
I also talk about my wish for Ayurveda and modern conventional medicine to meet on an equal footing and be recognised as healing options on an equal footing.
To the interview in German: meditation.de/ayurveda-in-today’s-times-part-two-of-the-interview
In the third part of the interview with TM Germany, I talk in a very personal way about how I got to know Transcendental Meditation and what significance the technique has had for my life. I also describe my encounters with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and what influence Maharishi’s teachings can still have on the current situation in the world today.
To the interview in German: meditation.de/ayurveda-im-zusammenspiel-mit-meditation-teil-drei-des-interviews
At the end of my four-part interview series with TM Germany, I explain the establishment of peace-building meditation groups as an offer to politicians to resolve conflicts. To this end, I point out studies such as the large-scale social experiment in Washington, D.C. in 1993, which demonstrably reduced crime.
Looking at the decision-makers, I ask: ‘What do we have to lose?’ Such a group would cost only a fraction of what has to be spent on military weapons.
To the interview in German: meditation.de/blog/in-the-nearby-of-yoga-disappearing-hostile-tendencies
Lothar Pirc during the interview
Lothar Pirc explains the establishment of peace-building meditation groups as an offer to politicians to resolve conflicts.
7,000 practitioners of Transcendental Meditation and the TM-Sidhi programme at the Taste of Utopia-Assembly peace demonstration project, 1984
Foundation stone laying ceremony for the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, India
19 – 22 April 2022
I was in India at the invitation of the Indian government, which has its own Ministry of Ayurveda and Yoga (Ayush). It was a great honour for me to attend the foundation stone laying ceremony of the first WHO Global Center for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, India, on 19 April and to attend the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit from 20 – 22 April to represent the spread of Ayurveda in the West and to further promote it worldwide.
In attendance were Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ayush Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State for AYUSH Dr Munjpara, Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth as well as ambassadors, international experts and a large audience.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Lothar Pirc (left) with the Indian Minister of State for Ayurveda Dr Munjpara, Dr Devendra Triguna, President of the All India Ayurvedic Congress (3rd from left). Far right Dr Girish Momaya, Director of the MERU Foundation in the Netherlands
As representatives of the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation (IMAVF), Lothar Pirc and Dr Girish Momaya were given a place of honour in the front row.
Presentation at the second webinar ‘Introducing breaks for yoga in business.’
29 March 2022
In his lively presentation for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in cooperation with the Indian AYUSH Ministry, Lothar Pirc shows the potential of the use of Yoga and Transcendental Meditation (TM) in the corporate sector and explains how India can become a shining example of this integration.
He also vividly presents the benefits that have already been demonstrated in the use of Transcendental Meditation in the corporate sector, such as increased creativity and productivity of employees.
Lecture at the 5th CII Global Conference on Ayush
5 – 6 August 2021
Lothar Pirc, CEO of Maharishi Ayurveda Privatklinik Bad Ems and Director of the International Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation, The Netherlands (IMAVF), was invited by the Indian Ayurveda industry and the Indian Ayush Ministry to present recommendations for the spread of Ayurveda in the West. In this short lecture, Lothar Pirc shares his many years of experience with the application and dissemination of Ayurveda in Germany and worldwide. Among other things, he recommends research into the effectiveness of Ayurvedic therapy methods at German universities, standardised training and ensuring high quality standards for Ayurvedic products.
Interview of the month Indian Consulate General, Frankfurt
Lothar Pirc is an international advocate of Ayurveda and holistic health. Mr Pirc is the founder and president of the award-winning Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre Bad Ems, Germany. Over the past 35 years, Mr Pirc has brought the health benefits of the natural, time-tested approaches of Maharishi Ayurveda to thousands of people worldwide. He has spoken to many groups of doctors in Europe, Russia, India, Japan, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Nepal and the USA. Mr Pirc is a certified teacher of the Transcendental Meditation Programme and has been active in its international programmes for world peace for over 40 years.
17,000 conference participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan - Lothar Pirc speaks about Maharishi Ayurveda
On 20 February, Lothar Pirc, Board Member of the International Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation (IMAVF) and Managing Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health and Seminar Centre Bad Ems, was a guest speaker at the virtual conference LIFTA.SPACE NO LIMITS: transformACTION 2021.
Over 17,000 participants from Russian-speaking countries, including Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan, listened to his talk on how Maharishi Ayurveda can contribute to a healthy life. Mr Pirc enjoyed sharing the knowledge of Maharishi Ayurveda and was delighted with the good response from the audience.
Lothar Pirc explained that according to Ayurveda, diseases are the result of imbalances that can originate from the mind or the body, caused by wrong habits or the environment.
These imbalances influence the doshas – the metabolic principles that control our physiology in Ayurveda.
When the doshas are out of balance, diseases develop in six stages.
Unfortunately, despite its great advances, modern medicine usually only recognises diseases when they have already manifested themselves, i.e. in stage 4 or 5.
Maharishi Ayurveda has a systematic approach to recognising the more subtle stages of a disease before it manifests clearly. It is called Nadi Vigyan – pulse diagnosis.
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By feeling the pulse, a well-trained and experienced Maharishi Ayurveda health practitioner can usually recognise a disease before it manifests. Treating imbalances before they develop is much easier than treating a manifested disease.
Accumulation of toxins and metabolic waste is called Ama in Ayurveda. Ama creates blockages in the body’s transport and communication channels, the shrotas.
This slide shows the accumulation of ama in the blood vessels.
Various Ayurvedic habits, guidelines and treatments can reduce the amount of ama in our entire physiology.
Here is the official video of Lothar Pirc’s presentation at LIFTA.SPACE NO LIMITS: transformACTION 2021.
Conference - The integration of Ayurveda in the Netherlands & Europe The Hague
28th February 2020
The Embassy of India in The Hague, Netherlands with the support of the Ministry of AYUSH*, invited selected guests to a conference titled ‘The Integration of Ayurveda in the Netherlands & Europe’.
Dr Sanjay Sharma, Representative of the Ministry of AYUSH, India (1st from left) – Dr Girish Momaya, IMAVF Director (2nd from left) – Suzanne Römer-Camelia, Minister of Health of Curacao (3rd from left) – H.E. Venu Rajamony, India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, (4th from left) – Lothar Pirc IMAVF Director (5th from left)
The Secretary of the Ministry of Ayurveda and Yoga, Vaidya Prof Rajesh Kotecha, visited the Maharishi Ayurveda Private Clinic in Bad Ems
In October 2016, the Indian Minister for Ayurveda and Yoga, Shripad Yesso Naik, visited our health centre in Bad Ems together with his advisors. The contact was renewed on 15 September 2019, when the Secretary of the Ministry, Vaidya Prof. Rajesh Kotecha (3rd from right) and his delegation visited us.
The Secretary of the Ministry, Vaidya Prof. Rajesh Kotecha (3rd from right), presents Dr Karin Pirc and Mr Lothar Pirc with the recently issued stamps in honour of 12 master healers of India, including Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Presentations at the first Biohacking Festival
September 2019 – Ukraine
On 26 September 2019, the first Bio Hacking Festival took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The initiative started about 10 years ago with the intention to learn from nature how to unleash our full potential and live a healthy life.
The David Lynch Foundation was a partner in this conference, and Dr Kingsley Brooks, Jim Bagnola and Lothar Pirc gave presentations to around 100 influential opinion leaders. As a result, many people learnt the technique of Transcendental Meditation.
Lothar Pirc during his presentation to around 100 influential opinion leaders
The Indian government honours Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for his services in the fields of yoga, meditation and Ayurveda.
In addition to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Prime Minister Modi honoured 11 other outstanding Indian healers of the past with a special stamp in a grand ceremony. The entire event was broadcast across India on government and many private television channels as well as live-streamed on internet channels.
The honouring ceremony took place on 30.8.2019, Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Awad Road, New Delhi.
Representing the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation, Brahmachari Dr Girish Momaya from the Netherlands, Director of the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation and Director of MERU – Maharishi European Research University, and Lothar Pirc, Managing Director and owner of Maharishi AyurVeda Private Clinic Bad Ems, were invited as guests of honour.
Presentation at the 5th International Congress on Traditional and Alternative Medicine - Rome, Italy
April 2019
The main purpose of the event was to address the challenges of creating a safe, sustainable and affordable system for medicines and health by consolidating the underlying research platforms for alternative medicine.
Lothar Pirc spoke on the topic of Ayurveda. He provided the assembled experts with an overview of the establishment of Ayurveda in Germany, presented selected scientific studies and gave an outlook on the significance of Ayurveda in the future.
Lothar Pirc during his presentation
International Congress from 01-03 March 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal
Vedic science and modern science
Knowledge and technology for the benefit of all – everywhere
This landmark congress, with its approximately 2000 participants, was dedicated to the topic of how Vedic science and Western science together can once again create a life in harmony with natural law – with the goal of a Vedic civilisation in which peace, progress and prosperity are available to all people.
On the basis of new findings of modern science, Vedic scholars and renowned scientists from all over the world examined and demonstrated that the Vedic principles of life can be found in all areas of society and applied for the benefit of people and our planet.
The President of Nepal, Mrs Bidhya Devi Bhandari,
welcomed the approximately 2000 congress participants at a public event on 1 March.
Presentations at the Banaras Hindu University
March 2019 – Varanasi, India
Representatives of the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation, Dr Girish Momaya, Dr Schrott and Lothar Pirc, gave several presentations at the World Congress of Ayurveda & Ayushman India Expo.
Lothar Pirc was the only non-Indian congress speaker on the panel of experts at the closing event.
From left: Audience during the lectures by Lothar Pirc, Dr Girish Momaya and Dr Ernst Schrott – Lothar Pirc, Dr Girish Momaya and Dr Ernst Schrott with students after the lecture – Lothar Pirc, with students – Honouring after the event
Meeting with the former Minister of Indigenous Medicine
March 2019 – Sri Lanka
Former Minister of Indigenous Medicine and Speaker of Parliament, Mr Loku Bandara (2nd from right), invited Lothar Pirc to dinner and acknowledged the expansion of the high-quality knowledge and practices of Maharishi AyurVeda around the world.
Presentations at Patil College and signing of a memorandum of understanding for future cooperation between the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation and Patil College.
February 2019 – Pune, India
A delegation from the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation, Dr Girish Momaya, Mr Lothar Pirc and Dr Ernst Schrott, met with the Principal of Patil College of Ayurveda and Research Centre in Pune, India, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between Patil College and the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation. The planned exchange programmes will begin shortly.
Prof. Dr Subash Rhanade, Dr Ernst Schrott, Dr Girish Momaya, Prof. Dr Bhrigupati Pandey (Rector D.Y. Patil Ayurvedic College & Research Center), Lothar Pirc, Dr Gunavant Yeola, Dr Sunade Rhanade
Naturheil Magazine - In conversation with Lothar Pirc
February 2019
NEW SERIES – Clinicians & Health experts in dialogue
Naturheil Magazin is launching a new series and asking health experts. We start with Lothar Pirc. He tells us all about what’s new in the world of Ayurvedic health and provides insights into everyday clinical practice and his view of health and illness.
Lothar Pirc
Claudia Servaty, Journalist
8th World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo
14 to 17 December 2018 – Ahmedabad, India
Mr Lothar Pirc, Dr Girish Momaya and Dr Gary Kaplan gave several lectures at the 8th World Ayurveda Congress in Ahmedabad, India. Mr Lothar Pirc was invited by the Indian AYUSH Ministry as the official representative of Germany and presented a country report.
Dr Gary Kaplan, Mr Lothar Pirc, Dr Girish Momaya
Working meeting at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2018
In 2018, Mr Pirc accepted various invitations to report on his more than 25 years of experience and the treatment of over 25,000 patients at the Maharishi AyurVeda Private Clinic Bad Ems as part of a working meeting at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
The background to this event was the planning of a large health and recreation centre in the east of the country and the restructuring of Ukrainian health care.
Moderation of the 4th International Ayurveda Congress - Leiden, Netherlands, 2018
1 and 2 September 2018
The theme of the 4th International Ayurveda Congress was connecting India, the Netherlands and Europe through their rich botanical heritage while showcasing the therapeutic potential of plants and natural health approaches in Ayurveda and traditional remedies from Europe.
Maharishi Vedic Pandits, Lothar Pirc and co-moderator
Dr Shrada during the opening speech
Lectures at the 5th International Ayurveda Congress - Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018
Topic of the congress:
The future of comprehensive patient care
The 5th International Ayurveda Congress took place from 21 to 23 September 2018 as part of the 11th European Congress of Integrative Medicine in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Ayurveda events were very well attended by both medical practitioners and other professionals from the healing and care professions. They also met with great public interest and broad acceptance in the media.
Lothar Pirc during his public lecture in a packed hall with 380 listeners
10th Ayurveda Congress at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany
25 October 2018
Yoga Vidya is Europe’s largest seminar provider for yoga and Ayurveda with around 95 franchise centres in Germany. At the 10th Ayurveda Congress in Bad Meinberg, Mr Lothar Pirc addressed an audience of around 300-400 (mostly yoga teachers) who showed great interest in the scientific research on TM, especially collective health and the prevention of terrorism and war.
At the congress, renowned Indian yoga teacher Nepal Lodh Maharishi Mahesh Yogi paid tribute to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for his great contribution to the spread of meditation and yoga around the world.
This event opened doors to exchange more knowledge between Maharishi AyurVeda and Yoga Vidya in the future.
Lothar Pirc during his presentation.
Here is the video of the subsequent panel discussion.
(Time: from 20:09 to 23:33)
Lecture at the SYMPOSIUM on AYURVEDA, YOGA and MEDITATION for active & healthy ageing, Austria, 2018
26-28 September 2018
Numerous experts in the fields of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation as well as scientists and doctors came together at the Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation Symposium 2018 in Graz. The three-day symposium, which was organised by the Chair of Physiology at the Otto Loewi Research Centre of the Medical University of Graz, discussed numerous ways to promote evidence-based research with a particular focus on active and healthy ageing.
One of the keynote speakers was Lothar Pirc, who gave a lecture on Ayurveda.
City view of Graz
Trip to Nepal - November/December 2018
Lothar Pirc visited Nepal for a second time this year and spent two weeks from the end of October to the beginning of November visiting various Pandit schools in and around Pokhara. He was very impressed by how well the Pandit project of the Nepal Maharishi Foundation for Vedic Culture had developed in this short time in Nepal. The young Pandit students take great pleasure in their training in the correct recitation of the Vedas and the practice of Vedic technologies of consciousness in order to successfully combine Yoga and Yagya.
Leslie Brooks, Wojtek Skalski, Lothar Pirc, Acharya TM Teacher, Kingsely Brooks, Tom Mullins
Ayurveda Symposium in Paris, September 2018
The Ayurveda Symposium in Paris, 8-9 September 2018, brought together leading specialists in Ayurveda and consciousness.
In addition to Dr Tony Nader, 140 medical professionals from many different disciplines took part in this two-day symposium. It was organised by the ‘Association pour la santé fondée sur la conscience’ (Association for Health Based on Conscience) in collaboration with the ‘Observatoire du Leadership’ (Institute for Leadership Studies).
Lothar Pirc spoke about: Effects of Panchakarma cleansing treatments.
Lecture at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, June 2018
I was invited by Indo-US Health Initiatives, Inc. to speak at the Third International Conference on Integrative Medicine with the topic ‘The Role of Ayurveda and Yoga in Cancer and Palliative Care’. The conference took place from 22 to 24 June 2018 at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. It was a special opportunity to present the successes of Maharishi AyurVeda at this prestigious conference.
1st Congress of Alternative and Holistic Medicine for Public Health in Brazil - 12 to 15 March 2018
Imagine if our German government invited 5,000 interested people from all over the world to the Naturopathy Congress and at the same time wanted to recognise 29 naturopathic treatments for the public health system. This is exactly what happened in Brazil, where the 1st Congress for Alternative and Holistic Medicine ended a few days ago. It also included the 3rd International Congress for Ayurveda.
25 years of Maharishi AyurVeda Private Clinic Bad Ems - 25 years for a life in health
Bad Ems, March 2018
On 24 February 2018, the eyes of the Ayurveda world were once again on Bad Ems. The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the Maharishi AyurVeda Private Clinic, which was celebrated with over 200 invited guests in Häcker’s Grand Hotel in a fitting setting.
A worthy ambience for a great event: after all, the lavishly restored historic building has housed emperors and tsars as well as Goethe in its more than 300-year history. For 25 years now, it has been home to Mr and Mrs Pirc’s Ayurveda clinic, which attracts people from all over the world to Bad Ems in search of health and regeneration.
1st International Exhibition and Conference on AYUSH & Wellness, New Delhi, India
from 4th to 7th December 2017
In 2017, the Ministries of Government of India for AYUSH, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Pharmexcil organised the first edition of International AROGYA 2017, an international exhibition and conference on AYUSH & Wellness.
Lothar Pirc, the Managing Director of Maharishi Ayurveda Private Clinic in Bad Ems, was invited as a speaker by the Indian government.
Sh. Pramod Kumar Pathak, Gemeinsamer Sekretär des AYUSH Ministeriums, Dr. Pooja Sabharwal, Lawrence G Schull MD , Hon AYUSH Minister Naik, Sudhir Bagga MD, MBA, ABIHM, Lothar Pirc
International Yoga Festival in Berlin - June 2012
At the invitation of the organisers of the International Yoga Festival Berlin, Lothar Pirc gave a lecture to around 400 participants on the basics and principles of Maharishi Ayurveda and their practical application in daily life.
The international yoga festival in Berlin has developed into one of the leading events in Germany in the field of Indian-Vedic philosophy and lifestyle and is organised every year.
Presentation to EU conference in Brussels - January 2012
Over 100 high-ranking officials from the EU – mostly professors and other specialists from the health sector – listened to Lothar Pirc’s presentation on the opportunities for public health arising from the application of Maharishi Ayurveda. The occasion was the EU conference ‘EU-Russia: co-operation in investment and innovation in the areas of improving public health and old-age care*’.
*Original title of the conference: ‘EU-Russia: cooperation on investments and innovations in the field of public health improvement and anti-ageing measures.’
Download: Extract from the PowerPoint presentation
20th International Vedanta Congress, New Delhi, India - December 2011
In December 2011, the congress ‘Modern Perspective of Vedanta’ was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Lothar Pirc was one of the keynote speakers and gave the highly acclaimed lecture on ‘Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Insight into Vedanta. The highest knowledge of life and its application to achieve world peace’. This lecture was based on an article he had written together with Dr Girish Momaya and Dr Susan Brown.
Vedanta, the highest knowledge of life, as formulated by the highly respected sage Veda Vyasa, discusses the supreme value of philosophy in the light of the practical realities of life. Well-known spiritual authorities of India such as Adi Shankara, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Raman Maharishi and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as well as his master Swami Brahmanand Saraswati lived their lives in Unity Consciousness. This state of consciousness of complete freedom is described as Advaita (non-duality) or Moksha (liberation). These Vedic masters saw it as their task to pave the path to enlightenment for humanity in practical life.
Once a year, an international Vedanta congress is held at different locations around the world, attracting leading authorities from India and around the world to discuss Vedanta philosophy and lifestyle.
In December 2011, the congress ‘Modern Perspective of Vedanta’ was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Lothar Pirc was one of the keynote speakers and gave the highly acclaimed lecture entitled ‘Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Insight into Vedanta. The highest knowledge of life and its application to achieve world peace’. This lecture was based on an article he had written together with Dr Girish Momaya and Dr Susan Brown.
Jawaharlal Nehru University published the papers from this conference in a comprehensive compendium in which the team’s 28-page article appeared prominently. Today, this handbook serves as an official reference book on Vedanta for Indian universities.
City trip USA, Canada - 2010 to 2012
Principles of Ayurveda, prevention through Panchakarma and tips for a healthy life with Ayurveda
This lecture tour took Lothar Pirc through 25 cities in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
The basics of Maharishi Ayurveda and practical tips for the home, Mexico City, Mexico - 2009
During a two-day training course in Mexico City on 19 and 20 November 2009, attended by around 280 doctors, Lothar Pirc reported on the basics of Maharishi Ayurveda and its revival by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
An extract:
… Ayurveda, the wide-ranging natural health system of India, has been fundamentally renewed since the end of the seventies of the last century.
Under the guidance and inspiration of the Indian sage Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, outstanding representatives of this ancient knowledge have spent years piecing together the universal foundations and the fragments of Ayurveda still preserved in individual family traditions of India like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to form its original wholeness.
By incorporating the findings of modern medicine and other sciences, a complete, comprehensive health system has emerged that represents traditional Ayurvedic knowledge in its highest perfection and effectiveness according to the classical texts of this science. This holistic health system is called Maharishi AyurVeda. …
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with leading representatives of Ayurveda
Academy of Sciences, Moscow - 2006
Lecture in front of 500 guests of honour at the Academy of Sciences in Moscow
As the only one of 20 award winners, Mr Lothar Pirc was given the special honour of giving a 15-minute lecture to the 500 invited guests after the award ceremony at the Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
He explained the uniqueness of Maharishi Ayurveda and outlined the treatment successes of the Maharishi Ayurveda Private Clinic in Bad Ems.
This lecture was broadcast in full length by 35 regional television stations in all countries of the former USSR.
Lothar Pirc, Dr Karin Pirc and Prof Nikolay Drozdov during the award ceremony
World Congress on Medical Plants, Delhi - 2002
The Managing Director, Lothar Pirc, and the Head Physician, Dr Karin Pirc, of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Bad Ems inspired the high-calibre auditorium that met on the subject of ‘Medicinal Plants and Ayurveda’.
The participants of the conference, among them the Vice President of the Indian government, federal ministers, prime ministers of Indian states as well as spiritual leaders, famous vaidyas and professors.
Prof Dr Harry Sharma, Ohio State University, USA and Lothar Pirc on a lecture tour in Japan - 1994
Prof Dr Harry Sharma, Ohio State University, USA, presented his impressive studies on the significant reduction of free oxygen radicals through various Ayurvedic phytotherapeutics and their successful application in the prevention of cancer. In his lecture, Lothar Pirc presented the basics of Panchakarma therapy and the first scientific studies on psychological improvements as well as rejuvenating and disease-preventing effects of this Ayurvedic cleansing therapy. He also described his experiences with the establishment and operation of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Bad Ems. … more
