Tony Nader

Tony Nader (Born: Tanios Abou Nader; Arabic: طوني أبو ناضر) is a Lebanese neuroscientist, researcher, university president, author and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. He has a medical degree in internal medicine, received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as a clinical and research fellow at a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

Nader began work at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in 1987 and in 1994, published his first book, Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic literature. and in 2008, was named the Maharishi's successor. Nader published his second book, Ramayan In Human Physiology in 2011.

Education Nader attended the American University of Beirut, where he studied internal medicine and psychiatry and received his master's degree and a medical degree in internal medicine and psychiatry. He earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the field of Brain and Cognitive Science and became a visiting physician at their Clinical Research Center.

Career Nader has conducted research in hormonal activity, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, on the medical role of the neurotransmitter and on the relationship between age, behavior, diet, seasonal influences and mood.

In his 1994 book Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature, Nader postulated a one-to-one correlation of structure and function between 40 aspects of Vedic literature and 40 parts of human physiology. He also said he discovered similarities between the astrological influence of the planets and parts of the human brain. This body of work is reported to have been "derived from" the Maharishi's ideas and Nader's own training in brain physiology. In May 1995, Nader was a keynote speaker at Maharishi University of Management and presented his "recent discovery of how Natural Law manages the physiology and the application of this knowledge to prevent and eliminate problems." The book has been described as an attempt at documenting the scientific basis of the Maharishi's "interpretation of Advaita Vedanta and thus the Vedas … by relating neuroanatomy and neurophysiology to Vedic astrology and philosophy".

Tony Nader wearing ceremonial kingly attire as Maharaja of the Global Country of World Peace. During a four-day Vedic ceremony in October 2000, Nader was honored by Maharishi as Maharaja (great king) Adhiraj Rajaraam and given responsibility for the Global Country of World Peace and, in 2008, became the Maharishi's successor. During these transitions, Nader was reportedly given various titles including "Vishwa Prashasak Raja Raam", "Adhi Raam", and "Raja Nader Raam". In 2002, Nader was invited by the mayor of Maharishi Vedic City to take residence at The Mansion Hotel, which serves as the capital of the conceptual Global Country of World Peace. In 2008, a spokesman said Nader would reign in silence and communicate through his governing council.

Nader published his second book, called Ramayan In Human Physiology in 2011, documenting the correlation between the characters, relationships, locations, and events of the Valmiki Ramayana with the structures and functions of human physiology. Nader says that his study does not conclude that the Ramayana belongs to any one religion or race or belief system. Rather, the Ramayana is the story of Natural Law and how it unfolds in every individual and the universe. He discovered Transcendental Meditation as a pre-med student and through it was able to overcome the trauma of war that he had experienced growing up during a civil war in Lebanon.

Publications (1995) and (2000) Maharishi Vedic University, Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature Nader, Tony (1995) Maharishi Vedic University Press, La découverte du Veda et de la littérature védique dans la physiologie humaine: la science moderne et la science védique ancienne découvrent les fondements de l'immortalité Nader, Tony (2011) Maharishi Press Ltd, Ramayana in Human Physiology Nader, Tony (2012) Maharishi University of Management Press, Consciousness Is Primary, Illuminating the Leading Edge of Knowledge Nader, Tony (2021) Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, SA. Digital edition One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness