Religious or Non-Religious: TM in American Courts
Keywords:
Understanding TM : Necessity of a Theoretical Explanation, SCI/TM in District Court, The Text Book, The Puja, The Appeal DecisionAbstract
The Transcendental Meditation movement is one among numerous movements in the U. S. today that is firmly rooted in Indian religio- philosophical traditions. However, TM consistently seeks to be understood simply as a technique and its spokesmen strongly deny that it is a religion. It is the credibility of this disavowal that has enabled TM to get support for its programmes from correctional institutions run by the state, state legislatures, departments of the federal government and local school officials.
References
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Transcendental Meditation (New York: New American Library. 1968). p. xvi.
Jack Forern, Transcendental Meditation (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974), p. 217.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, of the Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation and Commentary with Sanskrit Text (Penguin Books. 1969), p. 20.
Founding Church of Scientology v. United State". 4':J9 F. 2nd 1146 (D.C. CiT. 1969).
