LTRP Note:The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was extremely important in putting meditation on the map in the US in the 70s. Between 1974 and 1976 700,000 predominantly middle class people signed up for TM classes. His influence extended further into the work of Herbert Benson who modeled his “relaxation response” technique on Transcendental Meditation. Today it is widely used by medical doctors and psychologists as a stress reduction method.
“Beatles guru Maharishi dies at home”
CBS News
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said Tuesday.
He was thought to be 91 years old.
“He died peacefully at about 7 p.m.,” said Bob Roth, a spokesman for the transcendental meditation movement that the Maharishi founded. He said Maharishi’s death appeared to be due to “natural causes, his age.”
Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, transcendental meditation, the Hindu practice of mind control that Maharishi taught, gradually gained medical respectability. Click here to read this entire news story.
