Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91(?)
Posted: Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 6:59 pm
Not just guru to the Beatles, but to many, many high-profile celebs…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to Transcendental Meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said Tuesday.
He was thought to be 91 years old. …
Once dismissed as hippie mysticism, the Hindu practice of mind control that the Maharishi taught, called transcendental meditation, gradually gained medical respectability. …
[T]he movement really took off after the Beatles visited his ashram in India in 1968, although he had a famous falling out with the rock stars when he discovered them using drugs at his Himalayan retreat. … Read full obituary
