Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Guru's Marketing Scheme Promises the World Eternal 'Perfect Health'
JAMA October 2, 1991 DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470130017003 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | The author contends that the Transcendental Meditation movement and Maharishi Ayur-Veda promote extraordinary claims, such as eternal youth, invisibility, and flying, some of which were presented in a 1991 JAMA letter by Chopra, Sharma, and Triguna. The author cites cult experts in describing Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's rise to fame. |
Abstract
IF THE CLAIMS of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi prove true, those who follow him soon will be blessed with eternal youth, "perfect health," and the "strength of an elephant." They will be able to "walk through walls," make themselves "invisible," and "fly through the air" without the benefit of machines. In addition, there will be no more war or crime. Automobile accidents will be a thing of the past, and even the weather will have to obey their collective consciousness. Such are the widely promoted claims of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement and Maharishi Ayur-Veda, some of which were presented by authors Deepak Chopra, MD, Hari M. Sharma, MD, FRCPC, and Brihaspati Dev Triguna, in their "Letter From New Delhi" ("Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Modern Insights Into Ancient Medicine,"JAMA. 1991;265:2633-2637). According to a number of experts on religious cults, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Hindu swami from India, began his rise to fame
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