The Transcendental Meditation movement (also referred to as Transcendental Meditation (TM), "Maharishi's worldwide movement", and the Transcendental Meditation organization) is a world-wide organization, sometimes characterised as a neo-Hindu new religious movement, and also as non-religious, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1950s. Estimated to have tens of thousands of participants, with high estimates citing as many as several million, the global organization also consists of close to 1,000 TM centers, and controls property assets of the order of USD 3.5 billion (1998 estimate), including real estate holdings, schools, and clinics.
The TM movement has programs and holdings in multiple countries while as many as six million people have been trained in the TM technique, including The Beatles, Howard Stern, Clint Eastwood, Mike Love, Russell Brand, Oprah Winfrey, The Beatles, David Lynch, Deepak Chopra, Andy Kaufman, and Mia Farrow and other well-known public figures.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique,[1] a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, also represented as a spiritual movement.[2][3] The TM technique and TM movement were introduced in India in the mid-1950s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1914–2008) and had reached global proportions by the 1960s.
The TM technique came out of and is based on Indian philosophy and the teachings of Krishna, the Buddha, and Shankara, as well as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,[4] and is a version of a technique passed down from the Maharishi's teacher, Brahmananda Saraswati. The Maharishi also developed the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI), a system of theoretical principles to underlie this meditation technique. Additional technologies were added to the Transcendental Meditation program, including "advanced techniques" such as the TM-Sidhi program (Yogic Flying).
TM is one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched meditation techniques. Independent systematic reviews have not found health benefits for TM beyond relaxation or health education. Skeptics have called TM or its associated theories and technologies a pseudoscience.
In the 1950s, the Transcendental Meditation movement was presented as a religious organization. In 1977, the Transcendental Meditation technique was held to be a religion in a New Jersey court case.By the 1970s, the organization had shifted to a more scientific presentation while maintaining many religious elements in an attempt to appeal to the more secular West. Practitioners of Transcendental Meditation assert that their movement is not religious and describe it as a spiritual and scientific organization.
Transcendental Meditation Domain of Atlanta Directors Meeting Notes, 2005-2007
Transcendental Meditation Domain of Washington DC Directors Meeting Notes, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Governors Resolution, 18 Apr 2005
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi Day Spa program, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi Jyotish and Yagya
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi developer confidentialy agreements, legal and Sthapatya Veda documents, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Peace Palace business plan and investment, 2005
Transcendental Meditation confidential Intro Lecture new points, April 2005
Transcendental Meditation financial statesments and legal, 2004-2005
Transcendental Meditation loans, trademarks and miscellaneous files, 2003-2008
Transcendental Meditation products and services lists and costs, 2005
The TM movement has programs and holdings in multiple countries while as many as six million people have been trained in the TM technique, including The Beatles, Howard Stern, Clint Eastwood, Mike Love, Russell Brand, Oprah Winfrey, The Beatles, David Lynch, Deepak Chopra, Andy Kaufman, and Mia Farrow and other well-known public figures.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique,[1] a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, also represented as a spiritual movement.[2][3] The TM technique and TM movement were introduced in India in the mid-1950s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1914–2008) and had reached global proportions by the 1960s.
The TM technique came out of and is based on Indian philosophy and the teachings of Krishna, the Buddha, and Shankara, as well as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,[4] and is a version of a technique passed down from the Maharishi's teacher, Brahmananda Saraswati. The Maharishi also developed the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI), a system of theoretical principles to underlie this meditation technique. Additional technologies were added to the Transcendental Meditation program, including "advanced techniques" such as the TM-Sidhi program (Yogic Flying).
TM is one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched meditation techniques. Independent systematic reviews have not found health benefits for TM beyond relaxation or health education. Skeptics have called TM or its associated theories and technologies a pseudoscience.
In the 1950s, the Transcendental Meditation movement was presented as a religious organization. In 1977, the Transcendental Meditation technique was held to be a religion in a New Jersey court case.By the 1970s, the organization had shifted to a more scientific presentation while maintaining many religious elements in an attempt to appeal to the more secular West. Practitioners of Transcendental Meditation assert that their movement is not religious and describe it as a spiritual and scientific organization.
Transcendental Meditation Domain of Atlanta Directors Meeting Notes, 2005-2007
Transcendental Meditation Domain of Washington DC Directors Meeting Notes, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Governors Resolution, 18 Apr 2005
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi Day Spa program, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi Jyotish and Yagya
Transcendental Meditation Maharishi developer confidentialy agreements, legal and Sthapatya Veda documents, 2005
Transcendental Meditation Peace Palace business plan and investment, 2005
Transcendental Meditation confidential Intro Lecture new points, April 2005
Transcendental Meditation financial statesments and legal, 2004-2005
Transcendental Meditation loans, trademarks and miscellaneous files, 2003-2008
Transcendental Meditation products and services lists and costs, 2005
