Maharishi

Oprah’s TV show creates record interest in Transcendental Meditation

April 19, 2012
Oprah Winfrey talks on TM

Oprah’s recent TV show featuring Transcendental Meditation and the town of Fairfield, Iowa, where thousands practise the technique each day, has generated immense interest in Transcendental Meditation in the USA, where the edition of the Next Chapter show reached an audience of several million. The US Transcendental Meditation website has reported a large increase in interest in learning the technique. Oprah more »

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Thousands of Buddhist Monks in Asia Learn Transcendental Meditation

November 10, 2011
Buddhist monks who have learnt Transcendental Meditation at a monastery in Thailand

More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, as a result of the work of a revered Japanese Buddhist monk, Reverend Koji Oshima, who is a long-term practitioner and teacher of TM.

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The Resilient Warrior: Healing the Hidden Wounds of War with Meditation

December 8, 2010
Jerry Yellin during World War 2

As one of the last surviving American World War II fighter pilots, Jerry Yellin, 86, is a great inspiration to younger would-be servicemen. He was decorated with the highest awards for bravery in combat missions over the Pacific, but the former Army Corps captain’s greatest interest lies in inspiring those who are leaving combat and re-entering more »

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Getting better with age: Clint Eastwood and Transcendental Meditation

May 26, 2010
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At 79, Clint Eastwood is an inspiration for the baby-boomer generation. Not only has kept his youthful strength, energy and good-looks, he has also continued to be incredibly prolific in his work, making sixteen movies in the last 18 years, one of which, Unforgiven, won him his first Oscar in 1993. How does he do more »

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David Lynch flies to India for new documentary “Maharishi”

May 12, 2010
Lynch in Uttar Kashi, Himalayas

David Lynch has taken a break from filming a horror movie with Werner Herzog to fly to India to start work on a documentary about the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Hollywood film director became close to Maharishi – who is famous for bringing Transcendental Meditation to the West – in his later years and more »

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Donovan & Friends Perform Benefit Concert

March 25, 2010
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Legendary British folk-rock-pop singer and poet, Donovan, known for hits such as ‘Mellow Yellow’ and ‘Sunshine Superman’, headlined a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on Friday, March 19 in Los Angeles. He was joined on stage by his daughter Astrella, now a singer and musician, in a show hosted by award-winning Hollywood movie more »

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50 year anniversary of Maharishi in Great Britain

December 10, 2009
Maharishi, England, 1960s

On 13 December 1959 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived in London to a whirlwind of radio and TV interviews, and within months he had taught hundreds of people his simple technique of Transcendental Meditation. Now, 50 years on, Transcendental Meditation is the world’s most thoroughly researched and popular self-development technique.

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