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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
BornJanuary 12, 1918
Raipur
DiedFebruary 5, 2008(2008-02-05) (aged 90)
Vlodrop, Netherlands
ParentFather: Sri Ram Prasad

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1918 – February 5, 2008) introduced the Transcendental Meditation technique (also known as TM) and related programs and initiatives to the world. His initiatives include schools and universities with campuses in several countries including India,[1] the United States,[1] Mexico,[2] the United Kingdom[3] and China.[4]

In approximately 1939, the Maharishi became an assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati,[5] who was the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of Jyotir Math, located in the Indian Himalayas from 1941 to 1953. The Maharishi credits the Shankaracharya (Guru Dev) with inspiring his teachings.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's first global tour began in 1958, from which time[6] his techniques and programs have been taught worldwide.[7] He became known in the Western world in part due to his interactions with The Beatles and other celebrities.

By 1990, the Maharishi had begun to coordinate his global activities from his new residence in Vlodrop, the Netherlands.[8] On January 11, 2008, he announced his retirement from all administrative activities and went into Mauna (spiritual silence). He declared: "It has been my pleasure at the feet of Guru Dev, to take the light of Guru Dev and pass it on in my environment. Now today, I am closing my designed duty to Guru Dev. And I can only say, 'Live long the world in peace, happiness, prosperity, and freedom from suffering.'”[9][10][11]

Early life

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh[12] into a Kayastha caste family living in the Central Provinces of British India[13] (although the Allahabad University list of distinguished alumni calls him "M.C. Shrivastava").[14] He earned a degree in physics at Allahabad University.[15][16] The place of birth given in his passport is "Pounalulla", India.[17] The name of his father is given as Sri Ram Prasad.[18]

According to Jay Randolph Coplin, who did a sociological study of Transcendental Meditation for his dissertation at the University of California (San Diego), the name "Mahesh" indicated that the Maharishi came from a Hindu family that worshipped Shiva.[19] Cynthia Ann Humes writes that his family was of the Kayastha (scribal) caste. Contrary to some reports, caste rules allow the honorific terms "yogi" or "maharishi" to be applied to those of the Kayastha caste.[20][21]

In 1941, he became a secretary to the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, who gave him the name Bal Brahmachari Mahesh. Besides indicating his family faith, Coplin says the conferred title "identified him as a dedicated student of spiritual knowledge and life-long celibate ascetic".[22] Maharishi remained with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati until the latter died in 1953. Although the Maharishi was a close disciple, he could not be the Shankaracharya's spiritual successor because he was not of the Brahmin caste.[23]

In 1953, the Maharishi moved to Uttarkashi in the Valley of the Saints in the Himalayas, where Swami Brahmananda Saraswati had lived in previous decades with his spiritual master, Swami Krishanand Saraswati. In 1955,[24][25][26][27] the Maharishi left Uttarkashi[28] and began publicly teaching what he stated was a traditional meditation technique[29] that he learned from his master, which he called Transcendental Deep Meditation and later renamed Transcendental Meditation.[30] The Maharishi traveled around India for two years.[31] At that time he called his movement the "Spiritual Development Movement", but renamed it The Spiritual Regeneration Movement in 1957, in Madras, India, on the concluding day of the Seminar of Spiritual Luminaries.[26] According to J. Lynwood King in his book Fundamentals of Maharishi Vedic Science, the feedback Maharishi received from the diverse population that learned his technique suggested to him that it could be of wide benefit.[32]

Career

World tours

In 1958, the Maharishi began the first of a number of worldwide tours. His first world tour began in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar) and included the countries of Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong and Hawaii.[33] The Maharishi remained in the Far East for about six months teaching Transcendental Meditation.[34] On December 31, 1958, the Honolulu Star Bulletin published an article about him saying: "He has no money, he asks for nothing. His worldly possessions can be carried in one hand. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is on a world odyssey. He carries a message that he says will rid the world of all unhappiness and discontent."[35][36]

In 1959, the Maharishi lectured and taught the Transcendental Meditation technique in Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York and London.[15][37] While in Los Angeles, Maharishi became a guest at the home of Roland and Helena Olson and their daughter Theresa, who wrote several books about their experiences. He continued to visit the Olsons' home over the next few years.[38]

In 1960, the Maharishi traveled to many cities in the countries of India, France, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Africa.[39] He lectured, taught the Transcendental Meditation technique, and established administrative centers where practitioners could gather for meetings in his absence. During his visit to England, the Maharishi gave a lecture at Caxton Hall in London and met Leon MacLaren, the founder and leader of the School of Economic Science (SES).[40] While in Manchester, England, the Maharishi gave a television interview and was featured in many English newspapers such as the Birmingham Post, the Oxford Mail and the Cambridge Daily News.[41] This was also the year in which the Maharishi trained his first Transcendental Meditation teacher, Henry Nyburg.[42]

In 1961, the Maharishi continued his travels by visiting the countries of Austria, Sweden, France, Italy, Greece, India, Kenya, England, USA and Canada.[31] While in England, the Maharishi appeared on BBC television and gave a lecture to 5,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall in London.[31] In April 1961, the Maharishi conducted his first Transcendental Meditation Teacher Training Course in Rishikesh, India with 60 participants. Over 60 meditators from India, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Britain, Malaya, Norway, the United States, Australia, Greece, Italy and the West Indies attended.[43] Teachers continued to be trained as time progressed.[44] In this same year, the Maharishi began to introduce additional knowledge regarding the development of human potential, and began writing his translation and commentary on the first six chapters of the ancient Vedic text, the Bhagavad Gita.[45]

His 1962 world tour included visits to Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The year concluded in California where the Maharishi dictated his book The Science of Being and Art of Living.[46] In Irshikesh, India, beginning on 20 April 1962, a 40-day course was held for "sadhus, sanyasis, and brahmacharis" to introduce TM to "religious preachers and spiritual masters in India".[47]

In 1963, the Maharishi addressed ministers of the Indian Parliament during his tour of cities in Europe, Asia, North America and India.[48] Twenty one members of the Indian Parliament then issued a public statement endorsing the Maharishi's goals and meditation technique.[49] His Canadian tour generated news articles in the magazine Enjoy and in the Daily Colonist, Calgary Herald and The Albertan.[50]

The Maharishi's fifth world tour in 1964 consisted of visits to many cities in North America, Europe and India.[51] During his visit to England he appeared with the Abbot of Downside, Abbot Butler, on a BBC television show called "The Viewpoint".[52] In October of this year, in California, the Maharishi began teaching the first Advanced Technique of Transcendental Meditation to some experienced meditators.[53] While traveling in America, the Maharishi met with Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins, the head of the Centre for Democratic Studies and Mr. U. Thant, the Secretary General of the United Nations.[54]

Reception

During the 1960s and 1970s a number of celebrities such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Deepak Chopra, Jane Fonda, Mia Farrow, Shirley MacLaine, Joe Namath, Stevie Wonder, and Howard Stern, as well as author Kurt Vonnegut and Major-General Franklin M. Davis, Jr reported using the technique.[55][56][57] [58][59][60] [61][62][63] Singer-songwriter Donovan (who befriended the Maharishi and put his picture on the back cover of his A Gift from a Flower to a Garden album) also learned the technique. Comedian Andy Kaufman and magician Doug Henning were also students of the Maharishi. Howard Stern interviewed the Maharishi twice and credits Transcendental Meditation with saving his mother from depression.[64][65] Clint Eastwood[66] and David Lynch[67] are two notable film directors who practice Transcendental Meditation. Republican Party politician William Scranton, another student of the Maharishi, lost his 1986 bid for the Pennsylvania governorship when political consultant James Carville ran a television spot about Scranton's affiliation with the "guru".[68] In October 1975, the Maharishi was pictured on the front cover of the Time magazine.

In the book, Paul McCartney; Many Years From Now, Barry Miles says that for the media, the Maharishi was well cast with "liquid eyes, twinkling but inscrutable with the wisdom from the East" and that R. Crumb lampooned the Maharishi in his most famous character, Mr. Natural, the bearded, robed, and sybaritic guru.[69] Miles goes on to say that in spite of the media's skepticism for the Maharishi's spiritual message, they seized upon him because young people seemed to listen to his pro-establishment, anti-drug message.[70] The Maharishi was also parodied by comedians Bill Dana and Joey Forman in the 1968 comedy album "The Mashuganisi Yogi", and by comedian Mike Myers in the movie The Love Guru[71] and in the character "Guru Maharishi Yogi" featured in the BBC sketch Goodness Gracious Me.[72]

According to a November 2009 article in DNA, film director David Lynch is planning a documentary consisting of interviews with people who knew the Maharishi.[73]

Books

The Maharishi has written more than twenty books on the Transcendental Meditation technique and Maharishi Vedic Science.[74]

In 1955, the organizers of The Great Spiritual Development Conference of Kerala, published The Beacon Light of the Himalayas, a transcribed, 170 page, "souvenir" of the conference. Authors Chryssides, Humes and Forsthoefel, Miller, and Russel cite this as the Maharishi's first published book on Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental Meditation is not mentioned in the text of the book.[75][76][77][78][79] The book is dedicated to Maharshi Bala Brahmanchari Mahesh Yogi Rajaram by his devotees of Kerala and contains photos, letters and lectures by numerous authors which appear in various languages such as English, Hindi and Sanskrit.[75]

In his 1963 publication Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary, the Maharishi describes the Bhagavad Gita as "the Scripture of Yoga." He says that "its purpose is to explain in theory and practice all that is needed to raise the consciousness of man to the highest possible level."[80] In 1964, the Maharishi attended the All-India Yogic Conference held in Calcutta, India, where he said that the teachings contained in the Bhagavad Gita was misunderstood in the current age, "the practice of yoga was misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied," resulting in "weakness in the fields of thought and action".[81] The Maharishi said that the source of his commentary was his master: "We are just an innocent means for the spontaneous flow of that knowledge – that's all."[82]

While working on his translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita, the Maharishi began audio taping the text of Science of Being and Art of Living, which was later transcribed and published in 1963.[83][84]

Advanced programs

Over a 30-year period the Maharishi held many advanced, in-residence courses and assemblies in North America, India and Europe for practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique. These courses consisted of long meditation sessions, lectures by Maharishi, discussions based on personal experiences of meditation, questions from course participants, and organizational meetings. This type of in-residence course style continues to this day.[85]

In the mid 1970s, the Maharishi began the TM-Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying, as an additional option for those who had been practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique for some time. According to Coplin, this new aspect of knowledge emphasized not only the individual, but also the collective benefits created by group practice of this advanced program.[86] This new program gave rise to a new principle called the Maharishi Effect. The Maharishi believed that this group practice of the technique benefited the environment.[87]

Ideas

Maharishi Vedic Science, or MVS, is based on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's interpretation of the ancient Vedic texts. MVS includes two aspects, the practical aspect of the Transcendental Meditation technique and the TM-Sidhi Program, as well as the theoretical aspect of how MVS is applied to day to day living.[88][89]

These applications include programs in: Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health (MVAH);[90][91] Maharishi Sthapatya Veda,[7] a mathematical system for the design and construction of buildings; Maharishi Gandharva Veda,[92][93] a form of classical Indian music; Maharishi Jyotish (also known as Maharishi Vedic Astrology),[94][95] a system claiming the evaluation of life tendencies of an individual; Maharishi Vedic Agriculture, a trademarked process for producing fresh, organic food; and, Consciousness-Based Education.[96]

According to educator, James Grant, a former Maharishi University of Management Associate Professor of Education and the former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Maharishi brought out a "full revival of the Vedic tradition of knowledge from India" and demonstrated its relevance in many areas including education, business, medicine and government. [97]

Other initiatives, projects and programs

Maharishi International University (renamed Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in 1995), the first university Maharishi founded, began classes in Santa Barbara, California, in 1973. Then in 1974, the university moved to Fairfield, Iowa, where it remains today. The university houses a library of the Maharishi's taped lectures and writings including the 33-lesson, Science of Creative Intelligence course, originally a series of lectures given by the Maharishi in Fiuggi, Italy, in 1972. Described in the MUM university catalogue as combining modern science, and Vedic science,[98] the course also describes certain higher states of consciousness, and guidance on how to attain these states.[99]

The Maharishi also introduced theories of management, defense, and government,[100] programs said to alleviate poverty, and introduced a new economic development currency called the Raam.[101] In 2000, the Maharishi began building administrative and teaching centers called "Peace Palaces" around the world, and by 2008 at least eight had been constructed in the US alone.[102]

Brahmananda Saraswati Trust

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in his farewell message on January 11, 2008, announced the establishment of the Brahmananda Saraswati Trust (BST), named in honor of his teacher, to support large groups totaling more than 30,000 peace-creating Vedic Pandits in perpetuity across India.[103] According to Bevan Morris, the Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, the BST is an endowment fund to "support the Vedic Pandits to perform Yagyas and Graha Shanti for all 192 countries of the world generation after generation".[104]

The Beatles

The Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in August 1967, studying with him in Bangor, Wales, and in early 1968, flew to Rishikesh, India to "devote themselves fully to his instruction".[105] Starr and McCartney left after a few weeks because of food and other personal reasons.[106] Lennon and Harrison departed two weeks later after hearing a rumor that the Maharishi had made sexual advances towards Mia Farrow and a few other women.[107][108]

Later, Lennon classified the incident as "an error in judgment".[citation needed] According to a New York times article, after Lennon’s death, in 1980, Harrison and McCartney reconsidered the accusations. McCartney said that the rumors of sexual impropriety were raised by Alexis Mardas who "had agendas of his own, and may have fabricated (or at least exaggerated) the story".[109] Harrison commented, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have done — but nothing did".[110]

Farrow's autobiography is ambiguous about the incident: she describes "panicking" and fleeing after the Maharishi put his arms around her in a dark cave, immediately after a private meditation session, and that "at my level of consciousness, if Jesus Christ Himself had embraced me, I would have misinterpreted it."[111]

According to a New York Times article the influence of the Maharishi and going to Rishikesh to meditate, weaned The Beatles from LSD and inspired them to write many new songs which later were recorded on the White Album.[112] After the Maharishi's death on February 5, 2008, Sir Paul McCartney released a statement saying, "Whilst I am deeply saddened by his passing, my memories of him will only be joyful ones. He was a great man who worked tirelessly for the people of the world...." Ringo Starr released a statement saying, "One of the wise men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."[113]

In a press conference on April 3, 2009, prior to his performance at the David Lynch Foundation benefit concert ”Change Begins Within”, Paul McCartney commented that Transcendental Meditation was a gift the Beatles had received from Maharishi at a time when they were looking for something to stabilize them. The concert, headlined by McCartney on April 4, 2009, was created to raise funds to support teaching TM to one million children around the world.[114]

Death

On 5 February 2008 at Vlodrop, Netherlands,[115] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes.[116] The Agni Samadhi Vedic rites were conducted on a high plateau on the grounds of a temple the Maharishi had been in the process of building in homage to his Master, overlooking the confluence of the Ganges in Allahabad, India. The funeral was carried by Sadhana TV station and was presided over by one of the claimants to the seat of Shankaracharya of the North, Swami Vasudevananda Saraswati Maharaj. During the military salute, the soldiers reversed arms but did not fire a salute, in honor of the Maharishi's life-long dedication to the creation of world peace.[117] (As reported by Sadhana TV station, 11 February 2008.)

Awards and citations

According to a publication by Maharishi European Research University, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the recipient of awards and citations during his lifetime. Some of these are: Man of Hope award, 1970, City of Hope, California;[118] Golden Medal of the City of Delphi, Greece;[119] Key to the City of Houston, Texas, USA;[120] Key to the City of Los Angeles, California, USA;[120] and, honorary citizenship to the City of Winnipeg, Canada.[121] Proclamations given by governing bodies include ones given by Governor Dan Walker of Illinois,[122] and by Members of the Parliament of India.[123]

Books

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is credited as the author of more than 16 books.

  • ISBN 8175230150 Celebrating Perfection in Administration
  • ISBN 8175230134 Celebrating Perfection in Education – Dawn of Total Knowledge
  • ISBN 8175230045 Constitution of India Fulfilled through Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation
  • ISBN 9991160892 Enlightenment and Invincibility
  • ISBN 9080600512 Ideal India – The Lighthouse of Peace on Earth
  • ISBN 8175230061 Inaugurating Maharishi Vedic University
  • Love and God (SRM: 1965; Age of Enlightenment Press: 1978) - currently out-of-print
  • ISBN 8175230037 Maharishi Forum of Natural Law and National Law for Doctors – Perfect Health for Everyone
  • ISBN 0140192476 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita – A New Translation and Commentary, Chapters 1-6
  • ISBN 8175230088 Maharishi Speaks to Educators – Mastery Over Natural Law
  • ISBN 8175230126 Maharishi Speaks to Students – Mastery Over Natural Law
  • ISBN 8175230010 Maharishi University of Management – Wholeness on the Move
  • ISBN 9071750175 Maharishi Vedic University – Introduction
  • ISBN 8175230002 Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Defence – Sovereignty in Invincibility
  • ISBN 8175230029 Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Government – Automation in Administration
  • ISBN 0452282667 Science of Being and Art of Living – Transcendental Meditation

See also

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Further reading

  • Official List of Books by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi http://www.maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/publications/books.html
  • Mason, Paul (2005) The Maharishi: The Biography of the Man Who Gave Transcendental Meditation to the World, Element Books Ltd, ISBN 1852305711
  • Miles, Barry (1998) Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, ISBN 0-7493-8658-4
  • Spitz, Bob (2006) The Beatles—The Biography, Aurum Press, ISBN 1-84513-160-6
  • Lennon, Cynthia (1978) A Twist of Lennon, W. H. Allen, ISBN 0-352-30196-1
  • Wynn, Ned (1993), We Will Always Live in Beverly Hills; Random House Value Publishing, ISBN 0-517-10885-2
Official site(s) of Transcendental Meditation

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