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TM: SAVE $1000

by Don Krieger, former Executive Governor & TM Teacher

The TM technique is simple mental repetition of a "mantra" or word. The TM movement claims that only specific "words" can be used. They claim that the selection of words is based upon a secret formula. Court documents have shed some light on this "secret" process. It is nothing other than a set of words given out by age, and/or age and sex, depending on the teacher training course the TM teacher attended. Here are the mantras from a 1978 course.

Age    Mantra    Age    Mantra    Age    Mantra     Age    Mantra   
10-12 'ENG       18-20 'AENG      26-30 `SHIRING    45-50 ~KIRING
12-14 'EM        20-22 'AEM       30-35 `SHIRIM     50-55 ~KIRIM
14-16 'ENGA      22-24 'AENGA     35-40 ^HIRING     55-60 "SHYAM
16-18 'EMA       24-26 'AEMA      40-45 ^HIRIM      60 +  "SHYAMA

Notes: "Age" is that of the initiate at the time of learning the technique. The symbol preceding each mantra indicates the meaning: '=Saraswati, devi of learning, music, speech; `=Lakshmi, devi of wealth; ^=Bhuvanesvari; ~=Devi Kalika; "=Shiva.

The Maharishi himself, in a quote from the Beacon Light of the Himalayas, admits that the mantras he dispenses invoke householder gods: "For our practice, we select only the suitable mantras of personal Gods. Such mantras fetch to us the grace of personal Gods and make us happier in every walk of life." (Beacon Light of the Himalayas, Maharishi [Bala Brahmachari] Mahesh Yogi [Maharaj], 1955, p. 65.)

Is TM a religion? MALNAK v. YOGI, APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, (D.C. Civil Action No. 76-0341) -- found that the TM technique, Science of Creative Intelligence, and the TM puja are religious and are to be excluded from being taught in New Jersey public schools. "The teaching of SCI/TM and the Puja are religious in nature, no other inference is permissible or reasonable...." This decision was subsequently upheld: MALNAK v. YOGI, Nos. 78-1568, 78-1882, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD CIRCUIT, 592 F.2d 197, December 11, 1978, Argued, February 2, 1979, Decided. "We agree with the district court's finding that the SCI/TM course was religious in nature. Careful examination of the textbook, the expert testimony elicited, and the uncontested facts concerning the puja convince us that religious activity was involved...."

Is TM harmless? Numerous negative psychological side effects have been reported in peer-reviewed scientific journals including partially impaired mental faculties, loss of self-determination and motivation, derealization and depersonalization, "ego-alien" and epileptic-like experiences, aggravation of preexisting mental illness, and the onset of mental illness.

Below are some suggested questions to ask the lecturer. Don't accept vague generalities, attempts to change the subject, or evasive remarks. And don't be in a rush. A TM teacher will know the answers to all these questions. If he/ she doesn't know the answers, ask that they get them and you will call for them:

  • How long have you been involved? Are you enlightened? Why not?
  • Is TM a religion?
  • Is TM harmless, i.e. without negative side effects? Have you ever felt spaced out, had strong emotions, had physical movements, or had headaches as a result of TM?
  • Is TM a life style? What were you doing before you started TM? What do you do now?
  • What are the names of the other organizations that are affiliated with TM?
  • Is TM considered to be controversial by anyone? If people are critical of TM, what are their main objections?
  • What are Maharishi's background and qualifications? What don't you like about him or the group?
Want more Information? Meditation Information Network - http://minet.org/, TranceNet - http://www.trancenet.net.

Below is a translation of the ceremony of thanksgiving in which you will participate when you start TM. You will be required to bring fruit, flowers, and a new white handkerchief to be used in the ceremony. You will be required to remove your shoes before entering the initiation room. After the ceremony is performed, you will be invited to kneel to the picture of the Maharishi's dead master:

  • Whether pure or impure, whether all places are permeated by purity or impurity, Whoever opens himself to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness gains inner and outer purity.
  • Invocation: To Lord Narayana, to lotus-born Brahma the Creator, to Vasishtha, to SHAKTI and his son, Parashara, to Vyasa, to Shukadeva, to the great Gauda-Pada, to Govinda, ruler among yogis, from him to his disciple, Shri Shankaracharya, from him to his disciples, Padma Pada and Hastamalaka, to him, Trotakacharya and Vartika-Kara, to others, to the eternal tradition of our abode of the wisdom of the Shrutis, Smritis and Purana, to the abode of compassion, to the personified glory of the Lord, to Shankara, emancipator of the world, I bow down.
  • To Shankaracharya, the Emancipator, adored as Krishna and Badarayana, to the two authors of the commentary on the Brahma Sutras, I bow down To both expressions of the Divine, in Shankara, I bow down again and again.
  • At whose door the whole galaxy of gods pray for perfection day and night, Adorned with immeasurable glory, preceptor of the whole world, having bowed to Him we gain complete fulfillment. Skilled in dispelling the cloud of ignorance of the people, the bestower of happiness, the glorious emancipator, Brahmananda Sarasvati, full of brilliance, Him I bring to my awareness.

  • Offering the invocation to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a seat to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a ablution to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering cloth to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering sandalpaste to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering full rice to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a flower to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering incense to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering light to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering fruit to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a betel leaf to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a coconut to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down
  • Offering camphor light.

  • White as camphor, the incarnation of kindness, the essence of creation garlanded by the Serpent-King. Ever dwelling in the lotus of my heart, Lord Shiva with Mother Divine to Him I bow down.
  • Offering light to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Offering a handful of flowers.
  • Guru Dev is the glory of Brahma the Creator, Lord Vishnu the Maintainer, and the great Lord Shiva. Guru is the glory of the Supreme Transcendent personified, to Him, to the glory of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • The Unbounded, like the endless canopy of the sky, the omnipresent in all creation, the sign of That has been revealed, to Him, to Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • Guru Dev, Shri Brahmananda, Guru Dev, in the glory of the bliss of the Absolute, in the glory of transcendental joy, in the glory of Unity, the very embodiment of knowledge, who is beyond the universe like the sky, as the goal of "that thou art" and other (Shrutis which grant eternal unity of life).
  • The One, the Eternal, the Pure, the Immovable, the Witness of all intellects, whose status transcends thought -- the Transcendent along with the three gunas, the true preceptor, to Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
  • The blinding darkness of ignorance has been removed by the application of the ointment of knowledge, the eye of knowledge has been opened by Him, therefore to Him, to Shri Guru Dev, bow down.
  • Offering a handful of flowers to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.

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