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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 191? [Note 1] – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious.
Lennon originally wanted to title the song "Maharishi", [5] but changed the title to "Sexy Sadie" at George Harrison's request.Lennon was disillusioned after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had allegedly made a sexual advance on Mia Farrow, [6] who was attending a course the Maharishi was teaching at his ashram in Rishikesh, India.
In February 1968, the English rock band the Beatles travelled to Rishikesh in northern India to take part in a Transcendental Meditation (TM) training course at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The visit followed the Beatles' denunciation of drugs in favour of TM [1] and received widespread media attention.
The approach was founded internationally in the mid 1980s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Maharishi's revised system of Ayurveda was endorsed by the "All India Ayurvedic Congress" in 1997. [citation needed] The Transcendental Meditation technique is part of the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health (MVAH). [110]
In 1968, all four Beatles went to Rishikesh in northern India to study meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although the Beatles did not continue their relationship with the Maharishi, Harrison became involved in the Hare Krishna tradition until his death in 2001. After the break-up of the Beatles in 1970, Lennon continued to reject religion.
In late August 1967, the English rock band the Beatles attended a seminar on Transcendental Meditation (TM) held by TM creator Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Bangor Normal College in Bangor, Wales. The visit attracted international publicity for Transcendental Meditation and presented the 1960s youth movement with an alternative to psychedelic drugs ...
The trip also inspired the song "Sexy Sadie", originally titled 'Maharishi', which was written by John Lennon in response to alleged sexual advances made by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi towards Mia Farrow. [149] Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Cynthia Lennon have later said that they believe the story to have been fabricated.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru of the Transcendental Meditation movement, declared to a gathering of thousands of his followers, at Hertenstein, on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, that the dawn of the new Age of Enlightenment had arrived.