Dr. Tony Nader and the Historical Reality of the Raam Myth: Idealized Past or Messianic and Violent Exercise of Power? The Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement officially presents itself as non-religious, yet its leaders are increasingly constructing narratives that suggest religious and royal continuity. One example of this is Dr. Tony Nader, who, under the title...
The Hindi-language video discussing the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP), an organization founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The GCWP promotes a vision of a world without borders and advocates for establishing a “Ram Rajya” — a utopian society based on Vedic principles and aimed at achieving world peace. This vision involves creating a new...
What is baffling is the great divide between the internal operation of the organization calling itself the Global Country of World Peace, and the outward marketing of the organization calling itself the TM organization. You wouldn’t suspect anything is wrong if you just looked at official TM websites, for example, www.tm.org, or read any of...