Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Died At Age 91

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program.

TM Program website about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is widely regarded as the foremost scientist in the field of consciousness, and considered to be the greatest teacher in the world today. Maharishi has completely restored the thousands of years-old scattered Vedic Literature for the total significance of its theory and practice, and has organized it in the form of a complete science of consciousness.

Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology unfolds the full potential of Natural Law in human consciousness as the basis of improving all areas of life.

The Transcendental Meditation® program, the subjective technology of Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology, is the most widely practiced and extensively researched program of self-development in the world.

Maharishi is now establishing Maharishi Vedic Universities and Maharishi Vedic Schools throughout the world to offer mastery over Natural Law to every individual and to perpetuate life in accordance with Natural Law -- perfection in every profession -- and create Natural Law based problem-free government in every country -- governments with the ability to prevent problems.

Wikipedia on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Beatles

Controversy surrounded the Beatles and their relationship with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during a 1968 TM teacher-training course they attended in Rishikesh, India. John Lennon (who left the course with a "bad taste", and described his "partings" as "not always as nice as I'd like them to be,") was inspired to write the song "Sexy Sadie" about the Maharishi, with the refrain "what have you done? You made a fool of everyone". A popular rumor of the time involved Mia Farrow, although her autobiography is ambiguous on the matter. According to several authors, (Brown and Gaines, 1983; Miles, 1998; Spitz, 2005; Cynthia Lennon, 1978) Alexis Mardas deliberately engineered these rumors because he was bent on undermining the Maharishi's influence on the Beatles. George Harrison's statement, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have done—but nothing did," is supported by comments made by Sir Paul McCartney in his approved biography. In a recent article carried by the Telegraph co.uk, Deepak Chopra, cited in the article as a confidant of both Maharishi and George Harrison, addresses the rumors surrounding Maharishi and the Beatles, saying that there was no truth in the theory that Maharishi was womanizing.