The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1431 page)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Proponent of
Transcendental Meditation
. A disciple of Guru Dev, he held the office of Shankarcharya of Jyotir Math in Badarinath in the Himalayas, 1941–53. After leaving his place of seclusion in 1955, Maharishi began to tour India, Burma, Singapore, N. America, and Europe giving lectures on Transcendental Meditation, maintaining that both the ideas about and the practice of this ancient meditative technique, based on Vedic wisdom, had become confused.
According to Maharishi, the correct practice of Transcendental Meditation can only be taught by a qualified teacher, and to this end he established teacher-training centres in many parts of the world (e.g. Maharishi International University in Iowa, USA; Maharishi Univ. of Natural Law at Mentmore, UK). In Jan. 1975 Maharishi, from on board the flagship
Gotthard
on Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, inaugurated the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, followed in Jan. 1976 by the inauguration of the World Government of the Age of Enlightenment.

 
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EDELS, SAMUEL ELIEZER BEN JUDAH HALEVI
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