“SAN FRANCISCO – Plans for a public high school meditation club evaporated this week after parents caught wind that students would be taught Transcendental Meditation, which critics argue is a form of religion.
“Faced with protests from parents, a foundation backed by filmmaker David Lynch on Tuesday withdrew the $175,000 it had pledged to Terra Linda High School in San Rafael.
“The grant would have provided funds for 250 students and 25 staffers to practice the meditation style developed by a one-time spiritual teacher to The Beatles, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.”
