| Names |
Maharishi MAHESH
YOGI |
| Date of
Birth |
January 12, 1918 |
| Date of
Death |
February 05, 2008 |
| Identity |
Indian Spiritual
Guru and Yogi |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1955: He began to introduce
his Transcendental Deep Meditation to India and the world.
- 1958: Started his first
global tour.
- 1972: He announced his
World Plan, the goal of which was to establish 3,600 TM
centers around the world.
- 1992: He founded his
Natural Law Party, based on the principles of Transcendental
Meditation, the laws of nature, and their application to all
levels of government.
- 2000: He created the Global
Country of World Peace, a non-profit organization, and
appointed its leaders. Its primary goal was to create global
world peace by unifying all nations in happiness,
prosperity, invincibility and perfect health, while
supporting the rich diversity of our world family.
- 2001: Followers of the
Maharishi founded Maharishi Vedic City a few miles north of
Fairfield, Iowa, in the United States. This new city
requires that the construction of its homes and buildings be
done according to the Maharishi Sthapatya Veda principles of
"harmony with nature".
- 2008: He announced his
retirement from all administrative activities and went into
silence until his death a few weeks later.
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| Special
Achievements / Events |
- His birth name is Mahesh Prasad Varma.
- He developed the Transcendental Meditation technique.
- He became a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda
Saraswati, the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of
Jyotirmath in the Indian Himalayas.
- He is reported to have trained more than 40,000 TM
teachers, taught the Transcendental Meditation technique to
"more than five million people" and founded thousands of
teaching centers and hundreds of colleges, universities and
schools.
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