December 2000

New Maharishi Vedic Centers are Ready to Go
By Dr. Kurt and Christy Kleinschnitz

Maharishi Vedic Centers in North America are on their way. The Center in Bethesda, Maryland is already celebrating its first anniversary. In Lexington, Kentucky, the foundation is in and walls are going up

Suitable land is owned in five other states. Twenty-five teams are moving ahead quickly, and more than 100 people are reviewing the new plans. Investors are standing by to put up the money and oversee construction of a Maharishi Vedic CenterSM in your home-town.

The investors will lease the Center to local organizers at very competitive rates. The costs of construction, approximately $300,000 for the building and $100,000 or more for the lot and site development, are paid entirely by the investors. Typically the lease—including the mortgage payment, property taxes, insurance, and maintenance— will run about $4,500 per month. A portion of the building can be subleased to pay half or even the entire lease payment.

There are three steps to prepare for the investors’ purchase:

  1. Choose the TM program Governor who will teach and administer Maharishi’s programs in your city.
  2. Identify one or more suitable properties and provide site information for a Vastu evaluation. Once a suitable lot has been found and checked, the investor will negotiate and purchase the land.
  3. Find people who will sign leases for the space in the Maharishi Vedic Center totaling approximately $4,500 per month. This amount includes the space used for TM program activities.

Flexibility Supports Self-Sufficiency
Modular construction techniques now make building a Maharishi Vedic Center fast and affordable. The 4,200-square-foot Center is a "turn-key" package that can be built in about three months, with excellent workmanship, at a reasonable cost. The building employs all the principles of proper Vastu from Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design, including "shine-through" to allow the vital rays of the rising sun to travel through the entire structure. The 2,100-square-foot footprint building requires only a one-quarter-acre or half-acre

The two-story building lends itself to partial rental in many possible con-figurations. Areas of the building not required for TM program activities can be leased as office or retail space at higher rates to subsidize the teaching rooms and Director’s apartment. In the future, when increased activity requires the construction of a larger Maharishi Vedic Center, this entire building could be leased as office space. Teach for Maharishi University of Management

You can request an information packet for your Maharishi Vedic Center by faxing 201-418-9188 or e-mailing timezone9@Maharishi.net.

Your Maharishi Vedic Center is ready to go. Don’t wait any longer to bring it home!

Drs. Kurt and Christy Kleinschnitz are Time Zone Administrators for Maharishi Global Administration through Natural Law for the Eastern United States, Canada and the Caribbean