Prem Rawat (Prem Pal Singh Rawat) whose devotees call him Maharaji (meaning Ultimate Ruler) first came to attention in the West as Guru Maharaj Ji - the self-proclaimed Perfect Master and Lord of the Universe ridiculed in the media as a fat, squeaky-voiced God boy. He had inherited his titles and position as the Satguru, The True Revealer of Light and Spiritual Master of the Divine Light Mission, India (Divya Sandesh Parishad) when his father died in 1966. His father, Hans Rawat, was a successful Indian guru, self titled HRH (His Royal Highness) Yogiraj Param Sant Satgurudev Shri Hans Ji Maharaj. As a child the youngest Rawat son was informally called Sant Ji, more formally Balyogeshwar ("Born King of the Yogis") and even more formally Param Sant Satgurudev Shri Sant Ji Maharaj. In the West Rawat dropped these more verbose titles in the early 1980's and instructed his followers to call him Maharaji. He has also changed the names of his organisations many times: Divine Light Mission (DLM), World Welfare Association (WWA), World Peace Corps (WPC) and Divine United Organisation (DUO) became Elan Vital in the early 1980's and in 2001 The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) was created and from 2010 his major orgs are Words Of Peace Global (WOPG) registered in Holland, Words of Peace International (WOPI) in the USA, HDSK (Human Development through Self Knowledge) in Great Britain and Raj Vidya Kender (Royal Knowledge Society) in India. He no longer claims to be an Incarnation of God but an internationally famous humanitarian leader and teacher of peace. He's neither.

The following is a selection of tapes of Guru Maharaj Ji's satsang available at your publications desk:

PMT 043 Guru Maharaj Ji and Durga Ji in Montreax, Switzerland on 21st May, 1976.

PMT 044 Guru Maharaj Ji in Leicester, England, 13th June, 1976.

PMT 045 Guru Maharaj Ji in Berkeley, California. 17th July, 1976.

PMT 046 Guru Maharaj Ji, Questions & Answers in Denver, I lth September, 1976.

PMT 051 Guru Maharaj Ji and Durga Ji, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 18th December, 1976.

PMT 052 Guru Maharaj Ji in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 19th December, 1976.

PMT 057 PEACE FLIGHT '77 Guru Maharaj Ji in Montreal, 29th April, 1977.

PMT 058 PEACE FLIGHT '77 Guru Maharaj Ji in Montreal, 1st May, 1977.

PMT 059 GURU MAHARAJ JI IN ROME, ITALY Guru Maharaj Ji's satsang on 28th March, 1977 (final evening).

PMT 060 GURU MAHARAJ JI IN MUNICH, GERMANY Guru Maharaj Ji's satsang on April 10, 1977 (final evening).

GURU PUJA '77 Guru Maharaj Ji in Miami, Florida, 29th July, 1977.

GURU PUJA '77 Guru Maharaj Ji in Miami, Florida, 31st July, 1977.

PMT 064 "COURT OF LOVE RETREAT" Guru Maharaj Ji in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., September 5th, 1977.

PMT 065 SHRINE AUDITORIUM Guru Maharaj Ji in Los Angeles, September 18th, 1977.

PMT 066 GAINESVILLE RETREAT Telephone call from Guru Maharaj Ji and Durga Ji to the Gainesville Retreat, Florida, U.S.A., October 2nd, 1977.

PMT Guru Maharaj Ji's satsang at Kansas City, Missouri, on January 20th, 1978.

COMING SOON: HANS JAYANTI '77 IN ROME, ITALY

PMT 053 Guru Maharaj Ji and Durga Ji, Portland, Oregon, 30th January, 1977.

PMT 054 Guru Maharaj Ji in Denver, 20th February, 1977. PMT 055 Guru Maharaj Ji in Denver, 19th February, 1977.

PMT 056 Guru Maharaj Ji at Holi '77, Florida, 18th-20th March, 1977.

DIT 038 Guru Maharaj Ji's phone call to Atlanta, Georgia, on 7th January, 1978.

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Prem Rawat's "Knowledge" has three parts: regularly listening to his speeches, doing voluntary work for organisations serving him or donating money and daily meditation correctly practicing the four techniques he recommends. The techniques are so simple it's hard to see how they could be practiced incorrectly. First technique ("Divine Light") involves sticking your thumb and middle finger on your eyeballs (NB: with eyes closed) and your index finger between your eyebrows. Second technique: ("Heavenly Music") poking your thumbs into your ears and listening. Third technique: ("Holy Name") thinking about your breathing (NB: continue to breathe). Fourth technique: ("Nectar") curling your tongue backwards and tasting. Rawat's father taught slightly different techniques but either way it's difficult to see how these could produce the benefits claimed for them especially as Rawat claims His Knowledge is the only method of attaining real happiness and love in this life.