Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation From the late 1950s, the general understanding of the nature of meditation was transformed as a result of the work of one man, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Transcendental Meditation programme and regarded by many as the world’s foremost authority on meditation and consciousness. While studying science at Allahabad University in Northern India, he met a great sage who had come to be regarded as the greatest living embodiment of the ancient Vedic tradition of India. This man was known as Guru Dev, His Divinity Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. On graduation, Maharishi went to work and study with Guru Dev. After 12 years service with Guru Dev, he retired to Uttar Kashi in the Himalayas where he spent the following 2 years in solitude and silence. Maharishi’s Message In 1955, he was drawn to leave his secluded life in Uttar Kashi and travel to the southern-most tip of India. Years later, he recalled – Coming from the Hima