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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.
Maharishi International University (MIU), formerly Maharishi University of Management, is a private university in Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and practices a "consciousness-based education" system that includes the Transcendental Meditation technique .
The Israeli Center for Cult Victims also considers the movement to be a cult. [24] Maharishi University says that it is not a religious institution but people who have left the movement refer to it as a cult which requires "deprogramming" for former members. [25]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi claimed that the quality of life would noticeably improve if at least the square root of one per cent (1%) of the population practised the Transcendental Meditation technique. This is known as the "Maharishi effect" and according to the Maharishi, it was perceived in 1974 after an analysis of crime statistics in 16 cities.
Maharishi Vedic City (MVC) is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 277 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The city was incorporated in 2001 as "Vedic City" but then officially changed its name to "Maharishi Vedic City" five months later.
In 2007 and 2008, the government of Kyrgyzstan announced a crackdown on illegal religious groups operating in the country, including the "Maharishi cult". [96] [97] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on 5 February 2008 [98] and the leadership of the global Transcendental Meditation movement passed to Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, who is also head of the ...
The Maharishi had a large picture of Brahmananda Saraswati – the guru evoked by Lennon in "Across the Universe" [146] [31] – placed behind him. [144] The Maharishi encouraged his students to present their best "cosmic smiles" to the camera. [147] The photo took half an hour to complete while the participants sat facing the bright morning ...
TM and Cult Mania is a non-fiction book that examines assertions made by the Transcendental Meditation movement (TM). [1] The book is authored by Michael Persinger, Normand Carrey and Lynn Suess [2] and published in 1980 by Christopher Publishing House. [2] Persinger is a neurophysiologist and has worked out of Laurentian University. [1]