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Agni-Yoga
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Alamo Christian Ministries
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Aleph
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All-Russia Social Movement for Nationhood and Spiritual Renewal of the Holy Rus’
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Alliance Universelle
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Amended Christadelphians
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Ananda Marga
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Anastasia
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Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC)
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Ancient Hungarian Church
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Ancient Hungarian Taltos Church
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Anthroposophical Society
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Asociación Evangélica de la Misión Israelita del Nuevo Pacto Universal
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Associação Palas Athena
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Associated Bible Students
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Association for Research and Enlightenment
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Bahá’í Faith
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Bektashi Order
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Believers International
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BibelCenter
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
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Brotherhood of the Cross and Star
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Candomblé
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Cao Dai
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Celestial Church of Christ
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Christ Gospel Churches International
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Christadelphian Bible Mission
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Christian Advent Community
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Christian Research and Fellowship
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Christian Science
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Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
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Church of God (Restoration)
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Church of God General Conference
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Church of God International
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Church of God, an International Community
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Church of God-PKG
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Church of Isa Masiya
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Church of Perfect Liberty
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Church of Scientology
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Church of St. John the Theologian
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Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
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Church of World Messianity
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Church Universal and Triumphant
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Cloverdale Bibleway
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Community of Christ (RLDS)
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Community of the Hungarian Religion
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Creciendo en Gracia
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Cultura Racional
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David Oyedepo Ministries International (Winners Chapel)
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DEIR
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Ecclesia Traditionis Metaphysicae
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Eckankar
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Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations
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Established King
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Faith Congregation
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Faith of Unity
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Falun Gong
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Family International
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Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO)
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General Church of the New Jerusalem
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Gnostic Institute of Anthropology
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Good News Mission (Ock Soo Park)
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Grail Message
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Great White Brotherhood
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Grigori Grabovoy
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Gurdjieff Foundation
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Happy Science
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Hare Krishna
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Headstone Prophetic Ministry International
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Humanity in Unity
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Hungarian Brahmana Mission
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Hungarian Witches’ Federation
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Hurtak Szeminárium
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Iglesia Congregación Mita
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Iglesia La Voz de la Piedra Angular
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Iglesia ni Cristo (1914)
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Igreja Apostólica da Santa Vó Rosa
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Igreja Messiânica do Brasil
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Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research
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Integral Yoga (Sri Chinmoy)
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International Churches of Christ
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Invitation à la Vie
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Ivanovtsy
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Kabbalah Centre
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Kardecism
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Keltic Wiccan Traditionalist Church
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Kimbanguism
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Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
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Last Testament Church
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Laymen’s Home Missionary Movement
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Lectorium Rosicrucianum
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Legio Maria
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Living Church of God
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Living Hope International Ministries
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Living Stream Ministry
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Luz del Mundo
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Maná — Igreja Cristã
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Manmin Central Church
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María Lionza
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Mata Amritanandamayi Math
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Members Church of God International
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Ministry of Repentance & Holiness (Owuor)
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Misión Carismática Internacional (G12)
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Mokichi Okada International Association
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Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
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Mungiki
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Mutundwe Christian Fellowship
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Nation of Islam
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New Acropolis
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New Apostolic Church
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New Testament Church
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Olga Guz
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Ordre des Chevaliers du Lotus d’Or
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Orthodox Church of Mother of God Derzhavnaya
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Osho (Rajneesh)
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Palas Athena
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Palo Mayombe
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Pantholocatholic Traditionalist Church
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Pastoral Bible Institute
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Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)
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Phaneroo Ministries International
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Philadelphia Church of God
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Por un Mundo Mejor
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Prem Rawat Foundation
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Quimbanda
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Racionalismo Cristão
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Radasteya (Institute of Rhythmology)
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Raëlian Church
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Rastafarianism
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Restored Church of God
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Rosicrucian Fellowship
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RUNVira
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Rushel’ Blavo
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Sahaja Yoga
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Sathya Sai Baba
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Sathya Sai Baba Társaság, Mo-i
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Science of Identity Foundation (SIF)
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Seicho-No-Ie
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Sekai Kyusei Kyo Izunome (SKKI)
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Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyodan
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Self-Realization Fellowship
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Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Shango
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Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
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Shinji Shumeikai
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Siloismo
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Silva Method
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Sinton
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Smiths Venner
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Sociedade Brasileira de Eubiose
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Soka Gakkai International
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Spirit & Truth Fellowship International
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Spiritual Baptists (Shouters)
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Sserulanda Spiritual Foundation
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Subud
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Sufism Reoriented
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Sukyo Mahikari
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Suprema Orden del Acuarius
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Supreme Master Ching Hai
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Synagogue Church of All Nations
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The Way International
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Theosophical Society
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Three Ranks of Servants
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Tradition Family Property (TFP)
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Transcendental Meditation
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True Faith Jehovah’s Witnesses Association
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True Jesus Church
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Tvind
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Twelve Tribes
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Umbanda
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Unamended Christadelphians
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Unification Church
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Union of the Believers of the Ukrainian Native Faith
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United Centers for Spiritual Living
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United Church of God
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United Pentecostal Church International
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Unity School of Christianity
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Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness (UAFCR)
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Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
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Universal Pentecostal Church
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Universal White Brotherhood
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Universelles Leben
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Urantia Association International
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Urantia Book Fellowship
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Urantia Foundation
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Voice of God Recordings (Branham)
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White Eagle Lodge
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White Lotus
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Wilderness Narrow Door
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World Mission Society Church of God
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Zhong Gong


Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Transcendental Meditation


Transcendental Meditation


TM, World Plan Executive Council, Science of Creative Intelligence, Global Country of World Peace, Mother Divine Program


Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (b. Mahesh Prasad Varma, or possibly Mahesh Srivastava) (1917?-2008)


Maharaja Adhiraj Raja Raam (b. Tony Nader), "First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace"


India (1958)


Vlodrop, Netherlands


Maharishi University of Management, Maharishi Vedic University, Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Maharishi Open University, Maharishi European Research University, Maharishi Invincibility School of Management


include Natural Law Party


include Transcendental Meditation: Science of Being and Art of Living, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation and Commentary (Chapters 1–6)


Advocates have long claimed that Transcendental Meditation is not a religious practice, but a landmark decision in the United States (in (Malnak v. Yogi, 1979) determined otherwise. The Maharishi has been described as "one of the richest religious leaders in history" and was said to be worth £2 billion at the time of his death.


Maharishi’s guru, the famed Indian Shankaracharya of the North, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, commissioned Maharishi to be an "apostle of Hinduism" to the West; in the early 1960s, Maharishi began teaching his meditation technique in Europe and then, with much greater success, in the United States. Currently the David Lynch Foundation promotes TM in schools.


3 million


Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, México, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

TM courses are offered in over 100 nations, although the TM organization does not divulge specifics.


include Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish


www.watchman.org/profile/tmpro.htm
www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/guruism_mangalwadi.pdf
www.sdmin.org/soundingboard/200403.htm
www.trancenet.org/
minet.org/group_names.html
www.icsahome.com/idx_articles.htm


www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20120702-maharishi-mahesh-yogi-rs-60000-crore-fortune-758851-1999-11-30
www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fairfield-iowa-transcendental-meditation-silicorn-valley-mantra/Content?oid=26743992
www.TMnews.net
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3349925.ece


www.npr.org/2016/06/13/481845003/a-childhood-of-transcendental-meditation-spent-in-the-shadow-of-a-guru


www.tm.org
www.GlobalCountry.org
www.mum.edu/tm.html
www.mou.org
www.maharishischoolsa.org
www.MaharishiPeacePalace.org
www.vedicapproachtohealth.org
maharishivediccity.net
www.maharishiayurveda.co.uk
www.davidlynchfoundation.org
www.globalgoodnews.com