Abstract
To the Editor. —The Letter From New Delhi 1 touting the benefits of Ayurvedic medicine is a subtle attempt to recruit new followers into the TM movement overseen by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Maharishi, referred to as His Holiness by his followers, aggressively markets his brand of meditation, TM, as a health benefit to improve quality of life. In fact, the meditation instruction is a front for a missionary enterprise, encouraging students to meditate for large parts of the day, along with increasing participation in a form of demythologized Hinduism. This conversion is done by the gently titrating exposure of TM devotees to Hindu philosophy and practice, without initially defining them as such. A significant number of those who have taken the (not inexpensive) TM course have wound up devoting years of their lives to TM activities and courses on a full-time basis. I recognize the First Amendment right of
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