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			Prem Rawat, also widely known as Maharaji, was born on 10th of December 1957 in the small town Dehra Dun near Hardwar, India. He is the youngest of four brothers. His father was Shri Hans Ji Maharaj a well known Indian Master who gave Maharaji the gift of Self-Knowledge when he was only 6 years old. In 1966 Shri Hans Ji Maharaj passed away and Maharaji became the person to make this message of peace available. He continued speaking to large audiences in India throughout his childhood.
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			In 1971 at the age of 13 Maharaji was invited to come to London and Los Angeles. Since this time he is teaching Self-Knowledge in the West, a method of four techniques to turn the senses within. These techniques are shown to look inside, to listen inside, to feel inside and to taste inside. This is not an intellectual task but more a self-empathic awareness of the inner self. As of 2003 there are up to 500,000 people in more than 70 countries around the world who received the techniques of Knowledge.
	Born in ] in ], the ] '''Prem Rawat''' (known also as '''Maharaji''', an honorary title given to him in India) started speaking to audiences at the age of six. He was the fourth son of the ']' (true guru), who had a large following in northern India. His father died in ], and Maharaji at the age of eight, became the new satguru and took over his father's following. He then started presenting his message of ] throughout the Indian subcontinent. At thirteen, he was invited to speak in ] and ].

			Maharaji has been more than 20 years an American citizen and lives with his californian wife and their four grown up children in ], ]. Mr. Rawat is acknowledged by many public communities, business associations and magazines for his merits for young people and for personal management and leadership. He speaks to people about something that is relevant to each individual regardless of country, culture or creed. Maharaji travels around the world many times a year giving lectures to his students as well as holding public events. His students practice the techniques of Knowledge daily for at least one hour. The experience is very personal and of no comaprison. If you want to know more about "what people say" you can visit the external website http://www.tprf.org/what_peop_say.htm
	Since then, he claims to have presented his message to more than 5.5 million people in over 250 cities and 50 countries around the world.

			There is also a daily digital satellite video broadcasting with speeches of Maharaji and hundreds of video tapes of lectures for people to tune in. http://contactinfo.net/broadcasts.htm
	Maharaji claims he teaches a way to ] and to go within oneself, which he calls "Knowledge". According to practitioners of this "Knowledge", it is the way to inner peace. It is believed to be the tool for enjoyment of the gift of life.

	The movement that he founded is called the ]. Later the Divine Light Mission's ]s were dismantled with Maharaji remaining the head of the movement but which was then renamed ]. The followers of Maharaji are called ]s.

	The dissemination of his message, which is made available in more than 88 countries and 70 languages, is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and the sale of related materials.

	Prem Rawat's elder brother Satpal also claimed ownership of their father's Divine Light Mission which led to a protracted legal challenge in India. Satpal won ownership of all the Indian Divine Light Mission assets whilst Prem Rawat retained ownership of the assets of Divine Light Mission (renamed Elan Vital) elsewhere. Satpal positions himself in essentially the same manner as his brother, that of being the ''Satguru'' (true guru).

	Within the ], Elan Vital is a "Registered Church" and accordingly is able to take advantage of the ] that apply to such entities.

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Prem Rawat, also widely known as Maharaji, was born on 10th of December 1957 in the small town Dehra Dun near Hardwar, India. He is the youngest of four brothers. His father was Shri Hans Ji Maharaj a well known Indian Master who gave Maharaji the gift of Self-Knowledge when he was only 6 years old. In 1966 Shri Hans Ji Maharaj passed away and Maharaji became the person to make this message of peace available. He continued speaking to large audiences in India throughout his childhood.

In 1971 at the age of 13 Maharaji was invited to come to London and Los Angeles. Since this time he is teaching Self-Knowledge in the West, a method of four techniques to turn the senses within. These techniques are shown to look inside, to listen inside, to feel inside and to taste inside. This is not an intellectual task but more a self-empathic awareness of the inner self. As of 2003 there are up to 500,000 people in more than 70 countries around the world who received the techniques of Knowledge.

Maharaji has been more than 20 years an American citizen and lives with his californian wife and their four grown up children in Malibu, Los Angeles. Mr. Rawat is acknowledged by many public communities, business associations and magazines for his merits for young people and for personal management and leadership. He speaks to people about something that is relevant to each individual regardless of country, culture or creed. Maharaji travels around the world many times a year giving lectures to his students as well as holding public events. His students practice the techniques of Knowledge daily for at least one hour. The experience is very personal and of no comaprison. If you want to know more about "what people say" you can visit the external website http://www.tprf.org/what_peop_say.htm

There is also a daily digital satellite video broadcasting with speeches of Maharaji and hundreds of video tapes of lectures for people to tune in. http://contactinfo.net/broadcasts.htm

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