Some of these individuals have died or are no longer practicing TM. ...

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In 1957, at the end of a big "festival of spiritual luminaries" in remembrance of the previous Shankaracharya of the North, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, his disciple Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (or simply "Maharishi") inaugurated a "movement to spiritually regenerate the world". That was the formal beginning of the spread of TM throughout the world. In the movement's initial stages, Maharishi emphasised the religious aspects of TM and operated under the auspices of an organization he called the Spiritual Regeneration Movement. However, the ...

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Transcendental meditation, Transcendental meditation - History, Transcendental meditation - Effects of TM, Transcendental meditation - Procedures and theory, Transcendental meditation - Pure consciousness, Transcendental meditation - Stress, Transcendental meditation - Mantra, Transcendental meditation - TM and religion, Transcendental meditation - Criticisms and controversies, Transcendental meditation - Possible negative side effects, Transcendental meditation - TM-Sidhi Program and Maharishi Effect, Transcendental meditation - Publications on Maharishi's technologies, Transcendental meditation - Political activities of the TM organization, Transcendental meditation - Sexism and the TM organization, Transcendental meditation - Importance of Correct Buildings, Transcendental meditation - Notable practitioners, Transcendental meditation - Reference

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With regard to religion, Maharishi states that: Religion and meditation are both necessary -- "One without the other will not survive." Everyone should follow their own religion. At its beginning, every religion included transcendental meditation. Now that religions have forgotten the technique, they are "like bodies from which the soul has departed". Despite the fact that different practitioners of TM practice many of the world's different religions, and religious practitioners are encou ...

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Transcendental meditation, Transcendental meditation - History, Transcendental meditation - Effects of TM, Transcendental meditation - Procedures and theory, Transcendental meditation - Pure consciousness, Transcendental meditation - Stress, Transcendental meditation - Mantra, Transcendental meditation - TM and religion, Transcendental meditation - Criticisms and controversies, Transcendental meditation - Possible negative side effects, Transcendental meditation - TM-Sidhi Program and Maharishi Effect, Transcendental meditation - Publications on Maharishi's technologies, Transcendental meditation - Political activities of the TM organization, Transcendental meditation - Sexism and the TM organization, Transcendental meditation - Importance of Correct Buildings, Transcendental meditation - Notable practitioners, Transcendental meditation - Reference

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Criticisms and controversies can be divided in different categories: possible negative side effects, TM-Sidhi Program and Maharishi Effect, political activities of the TM organization, sexism and the TM organization, and importance of correct buildings. Transcendental meditation - Possible negative side effects. Critics of TM refer to a paper that reviews 75 studies on various meditation techniques (of which TM was a part of this eclectic mix of techniques) [9]). The study found that 63% of meditators expe ...

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Some studies [6] indicate that regular practice of TM leads to significant, cumulative benefits in the areas of mind (Travis, Arenander & DuBois 2004), body (Barnes, Treiber & Davis 2001), behavior (Barnes, Bauza & Treiber 2003) and environment (Hagelin et al. 1999). Other studies suggest that TM has possible negative side effects, but in accordance with a review of more than 75 studies "none of the studies reviewed tried to disentangle the effects of meditation per se from the influence of the presen ...

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Purusha:

man; pure consciousness

(See also: Purusha, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.

(See also: CHAITANYA, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Christ consciousness

A term the Christian tradition has used for intuitive knowing or the realization or attainment of high consciousness. The pure level of consciousness in which the mind, love, and will of God are made known to the enlightened person

(See also: Christ consciousness, Body Mind and Soul)

Purusha:

Purusha. Pure, un-manifested consciousness.

(See also: Purusha, Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Purusha: pure consciousness, spirit

(See also: Purusha, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

CHAITANYA: pure consciousness

(See also: CHAITANYA, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

chit:

chit - pure consciousness

(See also: chit, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

chinmaya:

chinmaya. Consisting of pure consciousness.

(See also: chinmaya, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Chaitanya:

Chaitanya: pure consciousness.

(See also: Chaitanya, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

purusha:

Pure, unmanifested consciousness.

(See also: purusha, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

 Chit:

pure consciousness

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chit: (Sanskrit) "Consciousness" or "awareness."

Philosophically, "pure awareness; transcendent consciousness," as in Sat-chit-ananda. In mundane usage, chit means "perception; consciousness."

See: awareness, chitta, consciousness, mind (universal), sakshin.

(See also: Chit, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

UPAHITA CHAITANYA: pure consciousness associated with Upadhis, the individual soul

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Cinmaya - possessing full spiritual nature and consciousness; composed of pure cognition; spiritual.

(See also: Cinmaya, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Cit - consciousness; pure thought; spirit; spiritual cognition or perception.

(See also: Cit, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Cit-jagat - the spiritual world. The world of pure spiritual consciousness.

(See also: Cit-jagat, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)