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Maharishi was one of the most controversial new religious figures of the 20th century. You would not know anything about that from this entry. It’s a propaganda piece, pure hagiography clearly written from a biased POV. Blackmetalskinhead (talk) 07:57, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome to your opinion but that doesn't really help to improve the article; please provide specific, reliably-sourced information to support your assertion so that this issue can be addressed.--Shantavira|feed me11:08, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm surprised there is no "Controversy" section! I suggest that links be accumulated here for materials to be considered as citations. I will contact appropriate people to contribute to this article, and I hope others will do the same. I'm sure this article needs going over for accuracy, too.
The "Controversy" section of the Wikipedia entry on Transcendental Meditation barely touches on this issue.
I have removed claims related to TM published by David Orme-Johnson given his obvious conflict of interest with the subject matter. Further, I question the material regarding Yogi's celibacy sourced to the book by Tony Anthony as making unsupported conclusions. Anthony claims, essentially, that since Maharishi insisted on celibacy from his pupils, he, himself, must also have been celibate. This is a specious argument at best. I invite @Will M Davis: to discuss this matter. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!!15:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Further to WikiDan's comments, as I pointed out[1] when I removed the Anthony content after it was added the second time, the book is evidently self-published. The ostensible publisher, "Montgomery Wood Publishing", seems to be merely a name given to the author's own efforts to publish the book. There is no evidence of any other books by this publisher on e.g. worldcat, and no evidence that they exist. Cambial — foliar❧18:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that the Orme-Johnson claims regarding TM as a techique have returned to this article. I went ahead and removed them for the same reasons. It appears @Will M Davis: is not interested in discussing the matter here and all of his contributions concern minimizing or obfuscating the controversies surrounding TM, its founder, and other associated articles. Bagabondo (talk) 19:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Inappropriate standards in text on Maharishi International University's accreditation
Though the university claims to grant PhDs, including in neuroscience and psychology, the university is not accredited by either the America Psychological Association (APA) or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
These standards are inappropriate to the academic programs offered by the university.
The American Psychological Association accredits only programs at the doctoral or post-doctoral level, and in a current pilot program at the master's level, in "health service psychology,"[2] "Health service psychology includes several practice areas in which an accredited program may focus, including the areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, combinations of these areas, and other developed practice areas."[3] Maharishi International University currently offers no program at those levels in any of those subjects.[4] If they have in the past, that should be supported by a source. That might be pertinent to the article on the university, though much less pertinent to the biography of the university's founder.
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