Transcendental Meditation Program and Patanjali
Scholar of New Religious Movements George D. Chryssides, says that the TM-Sidhi Program taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is derived from Patañjali's Yoga and also that the TM-Sidhi Program is based directly on the theory and practice of the Yoga sutras using a technique of Sanyama.
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