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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born January 12, 1917) is the founder of the Transcendental Meditation or TM Movement.
Maharishi is believed to have been born in the village of Chichli, near Gadawara, Jabalpur, India and graduated from Allahabad University with a degree in physics. He was secretary for thirteen years with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. In 1955, after spending two years in silence in Uttar Kashi, in the Himalayan foothills, he began teaching a basic meditation technique which he later dubbed "Transcendental Meditation".
In 1957 he founded The Spiritual Regeneration Movement, the first of several organizations collectively known as the TM Movement, and began the first of many tours to teach the Transcendental Meditation technique around the world. The Beatles were among his students. The Beatles later left, after allegations were made that he had made sexual advances on a number of the students. The movement and it's techniques (esp. ones which claim to make one fly) remain very controversial.
Maharishi has written a number of books on Vedic wisdom and the Vedas as the science of consciousness. He uses modern technology to spread his teachings—he has created the Maharishi Open University as an online teaching outlet, holds a weekly video press conference, and uses satellite and the Internet for his Maharishi Broadcasting. He has also started numerous centers of Consciousness Based Education including the Maharishi University of Management and the Maharishi School for the Age of Enlightenment
Maharishi has also initiated a new type of currency, the RAAM.
External links
About Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Page on Maharishi at popular TM portal
- Larry King interview with Maharishi on 5/12/02
- The Beatles' experiences with Maharishi
- The Maharishi: The Biography of the Man Who Gave Transcendental Meditation to the World