The Vedas are timeless. They transcend religion and beliefs. They encompass immense knowledge and wisdom. Traditionally it has been taught that listening to Vedic mantras, permeates and nurtures the mind and soul.

Vedas, time immemorial, have been the subject matter of mysticism. It is supposed to originate from the Swasa of Parabramha. The ancient Ascetics, who did meditation (Thapas), were able to attenuate to receive the Vedas. Vedas, when arrived to the earthlings, was in the form of shruti and it was transmitted orally from generation to generation. The importance of this transmission was the preservation of its aksharas in the mantras when it was expounded. The Vedas and Upanishads traditionally have been thought to precede human existence and will exist in perpetuity.

Prakruthi and Vikurthi

Prakruthi is plain chanting of Vedas and has been practiced in three forms. Vikurthi has been practiced in eight forms.

The script for the Vedas was originally in the Braahmi form and subsequent development of Devanagiri Lipi. The Westerners have done more work on the Vedic literature than the work undertaken in our own country. It is learnt there are around 1300 Shakas (branches of Vedas) and it is only around 100 or so is available to us. It is also observed that four Vedas - Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana - were received in this order and it is Vedavyasa who organized the tenets of these Vedas and gave it a shape as to which belongs to what. Since Vedas happen to be vast in nature, he could foresee that it was humanly impossible for one single human being to have the mastery over all the Vedas and hence he arranged the Vedas in such a fashion that a branch can be preserved by a Sect.

The recitation of Vedas can be by different annotation. Vedas are chanted in a pre­determined swaras in different forms.

Listening to the mantras has the intrinsic value of stimulating both the used and unused cells of the brain. The Vedas are the secret weapon in our quest for improving our mind. The mantras of the Vedas are like water and nutrients added to the soil of the brain to help it nurture the seed of thought. The mind can work at optimum capacity only when it is at peace. The mantras allow our brain cells to vibrate at the same frequency and therefore provide the mind with the most conducive environment for growth.

It has been accepted worldwide that listening to Vedic chants for a longer period of time leads to a state where the ordinary thinking process settles down and a distinctive psycho physiological state of "restful alertness" is gained. This state is characterized by decreased respiration, skin conductance level and decreased plasma lactate. The directed meditation reduces the sympathetic activity and regulates adrenal in and non adrenalin secretion. On the other hand it also increases frontal alpha coherence and cerebral blood flow.

Text for Research
Fundamental of Veda – To explore the ways to receive the Vedic chants from the Universe. Is it there or not? If yes, how to receive it. To device the methodology for receiving various radio signals - evolve a pattern to decipher the signal to see whether they read into a text or a code.

Influence of Vedic Mantras

	The Phonetic/annotation as heard. How it influences the Body/Mind/Soul.
	The meaning of the Mantras - whether it has any influence – methodology to be devised to assess.
	Yagnas and Homam done with Vedic recitation, its effect. Where does it go and how does it interface with the recipient God/Goddess and how it mutates and comes back to the performer.
	Does the performance of rites through Acharyas have any significance or Should it be done only by the individuals?

Vedic Mantras & DNA/Gene

	Influence of Vedic sound vibration on modification of DNA/RNA – whether it influences or not. If it does, to what extent? How should it be used to influence a change?
	Identifying potential life threatening diseases (e.g. Cancer etc.) encrypted in the DNA in the unmanifested form and establishing the Vedic practices to ensure it does not manifest and dissolves at DNA level.
	Vedas have established certain personality types - with associated behavioral signs - whether appropriate vedantic practices (Kriyas) can influence a change in the DNA structure to modify the behavioral sign.

To achieve this, we are in the process of creating an appropriate team, some common and some specific, which would relate to the activity of research to be conducted against the heads enumerated in the preceding paragraph.

For doing this we feel it would be important and essential to bring in people from different scientific and research back-ground in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and certain select fields of medicine, genetic engineering, simulated study specialists, meteorologist, Vedic Pundits, Sanskrit Research Scholars and other institutions engaged in the field of academics and research on a global basis.

The Foundation is in the process of organizing a systematic approach of categorizing the areas of research by formulating group studies for analyzing a theme for intensive study and research. Assess and record its findings and publish the results on the study and its results would benefit the mankind and public at large irrespective of religion, caste and creed, which should influence and help improve their quality of life and day to day living.